403. If you have good success in building a fire, you will have a smart husband; if bad success, a lazy husband. _St. John, N.B., and Ohio._ 404. If a lock of hair over the forehead ("widow's lock") be cut before marriage, the girl will be a widow. _Labrador._ 405. Get a lady friend to knit you a yellow garter. She must ask a gentleman unknown to you to knit ten rows. You will meet and marry the gentleman within a year. 406. The exchange of one yellow garter means a proposal in six months. _Washington, D.C._ 407. If a girl wears a yellow garter (which has been given to her) every day for a year, or every day and night for six months, at the end of that time she will be married. _Montreal, P.Q._ 408. If you burn a lover's letter, he will never marry you. _Central Maine._ 409. If, at a dinner, a single person is inadvertently placed between two married people (husband or wife), it means marriage for him or her within a year. 410. If you pass between two men on the street, you'll marry both of them sometime. _Champaign, Ill._ 411. If you drop a knitting-needle, you won't be married during the present year. 412. If you break many needles in a garment, it will be worn at a wedding. 413. If you draw blood from a prick of the needle while making a garment, it is a sign you will be kissed the first time you wear it. _Boston, Mass._ 414. Should needles break while sewing on a new garment, it is a sign that the owner will be married before it is worn out. _New York._ 415. When a young man goes to see a girl for the first time, and the signs of the zodiac are in the heart, they will one day marry. _Harmony, Me._ 416. If you step on a cigar stub, you will marry the first man you meet. _Salem, Mass._ 417. Two spoons in a cup is the sign of a wedding. _Bathurst, N.B., and Wisconsin._ 418. If you get two spoons in your cup or saucer, you'll marry a second husband or wife. 419. If a couple out walking together stumble, it is a sign that they will be married. _Labrador._ 420. Sit on the table, Married before you're able. _Mattawamkeag, Me._ 421. If a girl gets the last piece of bread on a plate at the table, she will have a handsome husband. _Massachusetts._ 422. If all of three dishes at the table are eaten, all of the unmarried people at the table will be married within the year. _Northern Massachusetts._ 423. "If the tea-kettle boils, you will boil your beaux away," is an old saying. _Salem, Mass._ 424. If you have a cup of tea handed to you, and there are little bits floating on top, they represent the number of husbands you will have--one, two, or three. 425. A girl that takes her thimble to the table will be an old maid. _Northern Ohio._ 426. Three in a row, Meet your beau. The one in the middle will have him. _Massachusetts._