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._
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._