1288. Step over a living thing, and that thing, whether a human being or not, will not grow any more. _Province of Quebec, Can._ 1289. To step over one leg of a child will cause it to grow longer than the other. _Baltimore, Md._ 1290. To comb the hair after dark is a sign of sickness. Comb your hair after dark, Comb sorrow to your heart. _Connecticut._ 1291. If you comb your hair after dark, it will make you forgetful. _Northern Ohio._ 1292. If the right hand itches, you are going to get money; if the left, you will shake hands with a friend. If the nose itches, a friend is coming. _Talladega, Ala._ 1293. Two persons wiping hands on the same towel and twisting it occasions a quarrel. _Pennsylvania._ 1294. Wash and wipe together, Live in peace together. _Northern Ohio._ 1295. If two persons wash their hands at the same time, it is a sign that they will be friends forever. _Alabama._ 1296. If two persons wipe their hands at the same time, they will be foes forever. _Alabama._ 1297. When two persons put one hand of each flat together, palm to palm, they will quarrel. _Province of Quebec, Can._ 1298. If two persons clasp hands so as to lock the fingers, bringing the palm of one person against the palm of the other person's hand, it will break friendship. _Newton, Mass._ 1299. If you hug your knee (hold your knee in clasped hands), you will hug up trouble. _Salem and Medford, Mass._ 1300. When your joints crack, it is a sign that you have not outlived your best days. _New York, N.Y._ 1301. If you kiss through a veil, there'll be a coolness. _Portland, Me._ 1302. Crossed knives are a sign of a quarrel. _Cumberland, Mass._ 1303. Stir with a knife, Stir up strife. 1304. Never look after a friend who is leaving you till he is quite out of sight, or you will never see him or her again; but turn your eyes away while he is still visible, that he or she may return. _General in the United States._ 1305. Never say "good-by" more than once. _Alabama._ 1306. One who habitually bites the nails is ill-natured. _Ohio._ 1307. If you bite your finger-nails you will always be poor. _Massachusetts._ 1308. If you sleep with your head towards the north, it will prevent sickness. _General in the United States._ 1309. If you can cut a pie fair and true, you'll have a likely husband. If you make the slices uneven, he'll be crooked. 1310. If you make a bed handsomely, you'll have a handsome husband. 1311. If you cut pie straight, you will go to housekeeping. If you cut pie crooked, you will have no house to keep. _New Hampshire._ 1312. If you make a rhyme involuntarily, you will have a present. _New Brunswick._ 1313. The free use of salt is a sign of having a temper. _Lynn, Mass._