121. A wish made on the new moon will come to pass.

122. Make a wish on a new moon; if you do not look at the moon until it is new again, your wish will come true...............................Blue Grass

123. When you see the new moon, turn a piece of money over and make a wish; the wish will come true.... ..................................Mountains

124. If you see the new moon over the left shoulder, any wish you make will come true. .Western Kentucky

125. If you see the moon over your right shoulder and make a wish, it will come true........Mountains

126. Make a wish when you see the first star and do not speak until you see another. The wish will come true.

127. Put a ring on the finger at the sight of the first star in the evening. Your wish will come true.........................................Mountains

128. If when you see a meteor you can make a wish before it disappears, your wish will come true.

129. When you see a shooting star, if you say "Money" three times you will have a full pocket book........................................ Mountains

130. If you see a bluebird and make a wish before it flies away, the wish will come to pass.

131. If you see a crow flying through the air, make a wish. If he does not flap his wings before he goes out of sight, the wish will come true. If he does flap his wings, look away, and if you do not see him again your wish will come true.

132. Your wish will be realized if you make it when the first turtle-dove of the spring coos.... Blue Grass 133. Make a wish when you see a redbird.

134. If you throw a kiss at a redbird and make a wish, it will come true.

135. Make a wish when you see a redbird. If it flies to the right, the wish will come to pass.

136. After you have made a wish at the sight of a redbird, the wish will come to pass if the bird flies upward ...........................Western Kentucky

137. Name a redbird. If you make a wish before the bird flies, it will come true.

138. If you see a redbird, make a wish and spit at it three times before it gets out of sight. Under these conditions the wish will come true........Mountains

139. If you make a wish when you see a lone turkey-buzzard and do not look at it again, it will come true ............................Central Kentucky

140. A wish made on the first whippoorwill in spring and kept secret will come to pass..........Mountains

141. When you hear the first whippoorwill of the year, walk three steps back, pick up whatever is under your left heel, spit on it, and make a wish.

142. If you see a flock of birds, make a wish, and do not look at the birds again..............Mountains

143. If you see a flock of blackbirds, name them and make a wish.............................Mountains

144. When you see a gray cat, look at its fore feet and make a wish. If you see it again, the wish will come to pass........................Mountains

145. If you see a spotted horse and make a wish, it will come true, provided you do not see it again.

146. Make a wish at the sight of a white horse.

147. If you spit over your little finger when you see a white horse, your wish will come true.....................................Western Kentucky

148. If you find a horseshoe with the toe towards you, throw it over your right shoulder and make a wish ..................................Mountains

149. Put a horseshoe above a door. The first one that passes under it must make a wish.

150. Spit on a horseshoe and throw it over your head. If the outside remains up, your greatest desire will be realized.................Southern Kentucky

151. You can avert ill luck from the passing of a double horse or mule wagon by running across the road and making a wish. The wish will come true.

152. When you see a gray mule, make a wish, wet your thumb, and stamp your hand.........Mountains

153. If you find a nail, hammer it into something, and at the same time make a wish. The wish will come true...............................Mountains

154. Two people may each make a wish and then break a wishbone between them. The one that gets the shorter piece will be married first, and the other will obtain his wish.

155. If you make a wish before you go up a hill and do not look back, your wish will come true. Mountains

156. Make a wish and throw a piece of wish vine over your right shoulder into the weeds. If it grows, your wish will come true.............Mountains

157. Make a wish on a grain of corn that you have found and bury the corn. The wish will come to pass.... ...........................Southern Kentucky

158. If you find a four-leaved clover, hold it above the head and make a wish................Mountains

159. Put a four-leaved clover into your shoe. Make a wish. When it is lost out, the wish will come true.

160. Share a double almond with some one. Let each make a wish. When you two next meet, the first that says "Philippino" will get his wish.

161. Make a wish at the sight of a hay wagon.

162. When you see a wagon of hay, make a wish. Count thirteen while you look, then turn away, and do not see the wagon of hay again. The wish will come true. If the hay is baled, the wish will not come true until the bales are broken.

163. If you pass a loaded wagon, make a wish. If you pass it a second time, the wish will not come true and you will have bad luck.

164. It brings bad luck to pass a hay wagon without making a wish. A serious sickness in the family or death will ensue.

165. Make a wish at the sight of a freight-train. Count "yes, no, maybe so," to find whether the wish will come to pass.......................Blue Grass

166. Whenever a yellow railroad car passes, make a wish.

If you do not look at the car again, the wish will come true.

167. Make a wish when you cross a new bridge....................................Southern Kentucky

168. When you pass over a railroad bridge, you may make a wish, and if you do not speak until you have passed over the bridge the wish will come true.

169. If you spit over a bridge-railing into the water and then do not speak until you are off the bridge, your wish will come to pass.

170. If you count twelve while you cross a bridge and make a wish, the wish will come true... Blue Grass

171. Always go the end of the walk, hang your left foot over, and make a wish. The wish will come true. If you do not follow this plan precisely, you will have bad luck.

172. If on the first time you go into a new house you make a wish, it will come to pass.

173. Upon entering a strange house go to the kitchen and make a wish. It will come true.

174. A wish made in a bed never before slept in will come true.

175. When an eyelash falls out, make a wish and blow the lash from the back of your hand; if the lash falls off, the wish will come true, but if it sticks to the back of the hand, the wish will not come true.

176. If you find a loose eyelash on another person, put it on your left hand, make a wish, and blow the eyelash over your right shoulder. Your wish will come true.

177. Make a wish while untangling your hair.

178. If when you find a pin pointed toward you you make a wish, it will surely come to pass.

179. Find a pin, stick it on your left shoulder with your right hand, make a wish, and pass it on.

180. When you find a pin, make a wish, put the pin on your shoulder, and do not glance at it again. Your wish will come true. Variant: if you lose it without knowing when, the wish will come true.

181. Make a wish when you put a ring on some one's finger.

182. If you turn another person's ring around eighteen times and make a wish, it will come true.

183. If you make a wish and then look over your left shoulder (not looking through trees at the new moon), your wish will come true......Blue Grass

184. A girl may make a wish if her skirt turns up.

185. If you must change a garment accidentally put on wrong side out, make a wish while doing so. This act will avert bad luck, and your wish will come true.

186. If a point of scissors that you drop sticks into the floor, make a wish. It will come to pass.

187. Find a hairpin, make a wish, and hang the hairpin up.

188. If you bend the ends of a found hairpin while making a wish, and throw the hairpin away, the wish will come true.

189. If you find a hairpin, bend each prong with someone, make a wish, and then throw it over the left shoulder.

190. If you drop a comb, you may turn the teeth down and make a wish.

191. If you drop a comb, put your foot on it and make a wish.

192. When two persons speak the same word at the same time, they should join their little fingers and make a wish.

193. If two people say the same thing at the same time, they must lock their little fingers and say alternately: Red, blue (or other color); needles, pins; Shakespeare, Longfellow (or other poets). Then each may make a wish.

194. If two people say the same thing at the same time, they should make wishes, touch wood, and touch blue, and their wishes will come true.

195. Make a wish and open the Bible. If anywhere on the page these words occur, "And it will come to pass," the wish will come true.

196. When you look into a well for the first time, any wish you make will come to pass...........Mountains

197. If you drop a dish cloth, step over it and make a wish ..............................Mountains

198. If you eat the point of a piece of pie last and make a wish on it, the wish will come to pass.

199. If you forget something and come back for it, sit down and make a wish before going on.