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21 to be of a good wit, grave, secret, modest, and one willing to servoserve [sic] his friends. He whose ears are no longer than ordinary, is a bold man, uncivil, vain, and foolish.

Face.— A face apt to sweat on every motion, shows thothe [sic] person to be of a hot constitution. A very fleshy facoface [sic] shows the person to bobe [sic] of a fearful disposition, but a merry hoartheart [sic], and withal, bountiful and discroetdiscreet [sic]. A lean face denotes the person to bobe [sic] of a good understanding, but somewhat capricious.

Signs.

To cut your nails on a Sunday is unlucky, to cut them on a Monday is best; on Wednesday prognosticates a quarrel; every other is a matter of indifference.—Bellows found lying on a table or floor, is a sign of words in the domestic circle; to put them behind the door shows trouble for debt; bellows laid on a chair, denotes the near approach of a welcome stranger to the house.— Burning beef bones brings sorrow through poverty; and to cast those of pork or veal into the fire, inflicts pains in the bones of the person so improvident; burning the bones of fish and poultry engenders scandal on the consumer, especially if a female.—It is not lucky to cut hair on a Sunday, or a Wednesday, and not at all in the Passion Week.—It is very unlucky to stumble when you are on the road to the church to be married; it denotes early separation, or widowhood. To meet a funeral as you go to church on this errand, shows you will