597. To dream of going in a carriage means you'll travel with a friend. _Cape Breton._ 598. Pick up a stone in a strange place and put it under the pillow for three nights. If you dream, it will come true. _Newfoundland._ 599. To dream of being in a new house is a sign of death. _Harbor Grace, N.F._ 600. Place the heel of one shoe against the instep of the other three nights in a row, and you will dream of your future husband. _Franklin, Mass._ 601. To dream that your sweetheart has the ague means that he loves you. 602. To dream you are a fool is good luck and increase of wealth. 603. Dreaming of persons being sick is a sign of being well. _Newfoundland and New Hampshire._ 604. To dream of a death is a sign of life. 605. To dream of the devil is a sign of good luck. _Trinity Bay, N.F._ 606. To dream you cry means you will laugh. _Boston, Mass._ 607. Dreams go by contraries. _General in the United States._ CHAPTER IX. LUCK. CARDS. 608. At cards, if your luck is poor, walk round your chair three times, lift it, sit down, and your luck is assured. _General in the United States._ 609. At cards, it is bad luck to play against the grain of the table. _General in the United States._ 610. At cards, it is unlucky to turn up your hand before the dealer is through. _Alabama._ 611. At cards, it is common to blow on the deal, without looking at it, for good luck. _Providence, R.I., and Salem, Mass._ DAYS. 612. It is unlucky to travel on Friday. _New York and Pennsylvania._ 613. Never begin a piece of work on Friday; it is bad luck. _General in the United States._ 614. Seafaring men will not sail on Friday. _Somewhat general in the United States._ 615. If you begin a piece of work on Friday, it will be a very short or a very long job. _St. John, N.B._ 616. It is bad luck to cut your finger-nails on Friday. _Pigeon Cove, Mass._ 617. As with the superstitious generally, Friday is a very unlucky day. Housekeepers will prefer paying a quarter's rent extra to going into a house on that day. It is, of course, most unlucky to be married on it. Wednesday is the day considered most favorable for the purpose. _Newfoundland._ 618. If you cut your nails on Sunday, you'll do something you're ashamed of before the week is out. _Maine._ 619. If business is transacted on Sunday, you will lose by it on the coming week. _New York._ 620. Pancake Day is Shrove Tuesday. If you do not eat pancakes on that day, you will have no luck throughout the year. The hens won't lay, etc. _Chestertown, Md._ 621. When the two figures that tell one's age are alike, as 22, 33, etc., some great change in life is to be expected. _Nashua, N.H._ DRESSING.