450. Write the names of one hundred people who (by request) have bowed to you, bury the paper in a secret spot, and at the same time wish. If no one sees you, you will get your wish. 451. Wish while holding a lighted match until it is extinct, and you'll get the wish. 452. If by chance two use the same words, lock the little fingers, and wish before speaking, saying "Shakespeare" at the end. _Eastern Massachusetts._ 453. Let two persons break the wishing-bone of a fowl; the one who gets the longest piece will get his wish. _New Jersey and Ohio._ 454. If you say two sentences that rhyme, make a wish, then if you make a rhyme unintentionally and wish before you speak again, your wish will come to pass. _Baldwinsville, N.Y._ 455. When you first see a sleigh in the fall of the year, make a wish, and you will get it. _Winn, Me._ 456. Wish at the first snowflake of the season, and you will get your wish. _Westport, Mass._ 457. Put a ring on the finger of another person, saying, "I wish it on until such a time," and if it is not removed before the expiration of the period named, the wish will come to pass. _Connecticut and Ohio._ 458. When you see a falling star, wish. _New Jersey._ 459. To wish on a star, when you see the first star come out, say: Star light, star bright, First star I see to-night, I wish I may, I wish I might Have the wish I wish to-night. Wish what you please and it will come true, but the wish must not be mentioned to any one. _Eastern Massachusetts._ 460. Count nine evening stars in succession, and you will have your wish. _Massachusetts._ 461. Capture a floating thistledown, breathe on it, make a wish to see or hear from an absent friend, blow in his or her supposed direction, and it will carry your message. _Ohio._ 462. Make a wish while throwing a leaf into running water. If it lands right side up, you will have your wish or good luck. _Lebanon, N.H._ CHAPTER VIII. DREAMS. ANIMALS. 463. To dream of cod or caplin is a sign of rain[TN-3] _Newfoundland._ 464. To dream of a good catch of fish is a sign of rain. _Heart's Content, N.F._ 465. To dream of catching fish is good luck. _Prince Edward Island._ 466. If you dream you catch fish, it is a sign you will make a good bargain, according to the size of the fish. 467. To dream of catching a fish means money. _Cape Breton._ 468. To dream of flies means sickness. _Massachusetts._ 469. To dream of flies is good luck. _Peabody, Mass._ 470. To dream of lice is a sign of death. _New Harbor, N.F._ 471. To dream of lice is a sign of enemies. _Topsail, N.F._ 472. To dream of lice is a sign of "coming wealth." _Alabama._ 473. To dream of lice means sickness in the family. _Ohio._