381. If a lady dons a gentleman's hat, it is a sign that she wants a kiss. 382. If your lips itch, it is a sign some one will kiss you. _Boston, Mass._ 383. If the outside of your nose itches, some one out of town loves you, and if the inside of your nose, then you are loved by some one in town. _Western Massachusetts._ 384. If a gentleman and lady are riding and are tipped out, they will be married. _Nashua, N.H._ 385. Make a rhyme when talking, and you'll see your true love before Saturday night. _Massachusetts._ 386. Should your shoestring come unloosened, 'T is a sure sign and a true, At that very moment Your true love thinks of you. _New York._ 387. If your shoe comes untied, your sweetheart is talking about you. _Alabama._ 388. If you want to sneeze and can't, it is a sign some one loves you, and doesn't dare to tell it. _Boston, Mass._ 389. If you can't drink a cup of tea, you must be love-sick. _Labrador._ 390. Stub your toe See your beau. _Massachusetts and Maine._ 391. If four persons cross hands in shaking hands on taking leave, one will marry before the year is out. _Prince Edward Island, Eastern Massachusetts, and New York._ 392. If hands are crossed at the table while passing a dish, a wedding will follow. The top hand belongs to the person who will be married. _Pennsylvania._ 393. To have two teaspoons in a saucer signifies marriage in a year. 394. If a gentleman stayed to dinner and by accident got two knives, two forks, or two spoons, at his plate, he would be married within a year, and there was no help for it. _Connecticut._ 395. Knock over your chair on rising from the table, and you won't get married that year. _Peabody, Mass., New York, and Talladega, Ala._ 396. If a girl sew a button on the clothing of a marriageable man, she will marry him within the year. _New England._ 397. If you have a dress with rings for a figure in it, it is a sign you will be married before it is worn out. _New York._ 398. If you have hearts in a figure in a dress or in a shawl, you will be married before it is worn out. _New York._ 399. If you have a new dress and there are roses in it, the person who owns the dress will be married before the dress is worn out. _Salem, Mass._ 400. Pins in the front of a dress waist are a sign that the wearer will be an old maid. _New Hampshire._ 401. If, in making a dress, the thread kinks badly, the person for whom it is made will either die or get married before the dress is worn out. _Alabama._ 402. If you have a dress tried on, and any pin catches in the underclothing, every pin means that it is a year before you will be married; hence dressmakers are especially careful to pin the dress in such a way that it will slip off easily. _Boston, Mass._