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._
427. Three lamps in a row, the one who sets down the third will be soon married. _Massachusetts._
428. Three lamps in a row foretell a wedding in the family. _New York._
429. To look into a tumbler when you are drinking is a sign that you will be an old maid. If you look over the side, you are a flirt. _Massachusetts._
430. To wash the hands under a pump denotes that you will be a widow. _Chestertown, Md._
431. If you take a baby in your arms for the first time, and at the same time wish, you will get your wish before the year is out. _Quebec._
432. Take your Bible and wish. If it opens at "and it came to pass," you will get your wish.
433. Wish upon a candle on blowing it out. If it glows long, you will get your wish. If it smokes, it signifies a death. _Ohio._
434. If a speck of carbon comes on the wick when burning, and you wish for something, wet your finger and touch the speck. If it sticks to your finger, you will get the wish, and _vice versa_. _Plymouth, O._
435. Swallow a chicken's heart whole and make a wish. It will come true. _Pennsylvania and Ohio._
436. Throw an egg out of the second story window and wish. If it does not break, you will get your wish. _Deer Isle, Me._
437. Throw an eyelash over your shoulder. If it falls from your finger in doing this, your wish will come true. If it remains on the finger, your wish will not come to pass. _New York._
438. Find a stray eyelash; place it on the back of the hand with a wish; blow it off. If it blows off at the first trial, the wish will come true. _St. John, N.B., and Pennsylvania._
439. Put a loose eyelash on the back of your hand. It signifies a letter. Wish from whom the letter may come, carry it three times around your head, then throw it over your shoulder, and you will get your wish. _New England._
440. Put an eyewinker down inside your clothes, wish, and you'll get your wish. _Maine._
441. Put an eyewinker on the back of the hand, knock that hand with the other so as to throw the eyewinker over the shoulder, and at the same time wish. If the eyewinker is not seen again, the wish will come true. _Stoneham, Mass._