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324. Hold a mirror over a well on May first, and you will see the image
of your future husband or wife.
_Talladega, Ala._
325. On Midsummer's Day wet a new garment in running water and hang
across a chair, wrong side out, to dry. At twelve noon or midnight the
one who is to marry you will be seen turning the garment.
_Labrador._
326. Place an egg in a tumbler on St. John's Day. The tumbler being half
filled with water, an egg is broken into it at early dawn, and it is
placed in the window, where it remains untouched till sundown. At that
time the broken egg is supposed to have assumed a special shape, in which
the ingenious maiden sees dimly outlined the form of her future lord, or
some emblem of his calling.
_Newfoundland._
CHAPTER VI.
LOVE AND MARRIAGE.
ENGAGEMENT.
327. If you are a bridesmaid three times you will never stand in the
middle.
_Baldwinsville, N.Y._
328. Three times a bridesmaid, never a bride.
_New England._
329. Don't let another person put on your engagement ring, taken from
your finger, or the engagement will be broken.
_Bathurst, N.B._
330. The mother-in-law's test of the incoming daughter-in-law is to place
a broom on the floor. If the daughter removes it and places it on one
side, she will be a good housewife; if she steps over it, she will be a
bad housewife.
_Labrador._
331. A girl will have as many children after marriage as she has
"holders" given her before marriage.
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