I love reading the posts on the New England Historical Society website. They are always interesting and registration is FREE!
This was an interesting account of New England superstitions relating to finding a spouse.
One of those included was this:
- If a young man at the supper-table or at a party takes the last biscuit on a plate, he will be an old bachelor. The young woman who does this is likewise fated to live single.
A version of this was still around when I went to college, which was that a girl who took the last piece of a pizza would end up an old maid. (Although it never stopped me from doing so.)
I don't know if I knew about this superstition because my family was from New England, or whether this was also current in the Midwest.
Does anyone ese remember this superstition?
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