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to be of a good wit, grave, secret, modest, and one willing to servo his friends. He whose ears are no longer than ordinary, is a bold man, uncivil, vain, and foolish.
Whoe'er his praise unwillingly does hear,
Shows a good life as well as a good ear.
Face.— A face apt to sweat on every motion, shows tho person to be of a hot constitution. A very fleshy faco shows the person to bo of a fearful disposition, but a merry hoart, and withal, bountiful and discroet. A lean face denotes the person to bo 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
