A wishbone is always fun to break with someone. Be sure it is thoroughly dry, then make your wish-to yourself as it will spoil it to tell the wish-and hold one side while someone else holds the other. Pull, and see which one gets the top joint. The one who does is in luck, and should have his wish.

Did you know that if you said, "Rabbit" the first thing on the first day of a new month, you will have good luck all during the month?

The first star you see at night is supposed to bring your wish if you make it before you look at another.

When you rub an eyelash off, put it on the back of your hand, make a good wish, and then blow it away. Give a hard blow, because they say you will not have your wish unless it flies away with the first blow.

Hunt for four leaf clovers. When you find one, keep it for good luck. If you happen to find one with five leaves, give it away at once and it will bring you and the person who receives it luck; but keeping a five leaf clover you have found yourself, is not supposed to mean luck.

Poison Ivy

Do you know poison ivy so that you can keep away from it in the spring, summer and fall? Some people are poisoned by the roots of the vine even in the winter. So, once you know where it is, stay away from it all the year around if you don't want a red ivy rash. If you do think you have been touching it, give yourself a good washing with yellow laundry soap. That sometimes washes away the poison. So remember-for poison ivy rash is most unpleasant.

It is easier to tell poison ivy in the fall when the leaves have turned red; but in the spring, when it is mixed with other green leaves, it is often mistaken for something else. Poison ivy leaves are shiny, and grow in groups of three together. You will find the vine on stone walls and tree stumps. It likes to climb, although it will also grow along the ground.

When you are out berry picking, watch out for poison ivy. If you are gathering red leaves in the fall, don't pick the wrong ones. Perhaps you think that because once you did touch poison ivy, and no rash came, you will never have it and it is not necessary to keep away from the vine. You may not have been poisoned last year, but this year you may find that it does give you a rash. It is no fun, so don't take a chance.