National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-03
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Hallow cen, vulgarly known in Eng
land as "Nnt-crack Night" is the vigil
If All Saints Day, or November LIST, and
so falls inevitably on the last evening of
October.
FIRST in order are the dream. producing
charms She who desires to know to
what manner of fortune she will he mar
ried, will CRATE and mix y walnut. n
hazelnut, and nutmeg. Mix them with
butter and sugar into pills, and swallow
them before going to bed. II her for.
tune is to marry gentleman, her sleep
will be full of golden dreams. Ii n
tradesman, odd noises and tumults. Ii
Traveller, then will thunder and light.
ming disturb her"
Or, there is the lemon-peel charm.
Carry two lemon-reels all day in the
pocket, and ut night rub the four posts
of the bed with them. The future sponse
appears in sleep and presents the dream
ing girl with two lemons. II he does
not come, there is "no hope ~
Then come the spells for waking hours.
The cabbage pulling charm - The
maiden walks backward till she gets to
the cabbage-bed, and pulls the first she
stumbles over. II large, it is good
omen. II much earth clings to it, he
will be rich if il is straight, he will he
well-favored if crooked, he will he ugly
or deformed if the stem tastes sweet,
his temper is an easy one if bitter, it
is cross grained.
The lime-kiln charm Steal out all
alone to the lime-kln and throw in "A
clue of blue yarn. Wind it in new
clue (or ball off the old one, and toward
the latter end something will hold the
thread. Demand, "Who holds ?" and
the kiln-pot will reply by naming the
Christian and surname of your future
husband.
The next is for the use of gentlemen.
The shirt-sleeve charm Dip your
shirt-sleeve in the water of a spring run
ming south, and go to bed, leaving it
hanging before the fire. Some time
near midnight the apparition of your
future wife will come in and turn the
sleeve as if to dry the other side of it,
The glass and candle charm can be
practiced by both sexes. Take candle
go before the looking-glass and eat an
apple-cOmbing vou' hair dHMe time. As
you gaze you will perceive the face of
your future husband or wife peeping
over your shoulder.
Apples play prominent part on Hal
low-ee Apple-parings flung over the
letter on that night, Apple-seeds may
be named and stuck on either cheek, the
one which sticks longest indicating the
decree of Destiny.
Nuts too. The nuts are named and
laid in pairs on the embers of wood
fire. If one nut snaps and flies away
from the other it means separation. Ii
it returns reunion is indicated. If both
burn together, the course of true love
Will run smoothly
The Lady Bird" charm is one of the
prettiest, though it could hardly be
adapted to an evening party. One of
the cunning, winged things is caught
and held tenderly, while the rhyme is
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50 This lady fly take from off the grass,
Whose spotted back might scarlet-red surpass.
Fly, Lady-bird North, South, or East or
West
Fly where the man s found love the best"
The insect is then released, and flies
where it.-and Fate-has willed.
Lastly. Three times round the house
backward, and you will walk into the
arms of the man you are to marry. All
of us who have read We Girls recollect
what befell sweet Leslie Goldthwaits
when she tried this charm.
And so we end wishing each maiden
who tries the spell this Halloween as
fair fate -Sribner's.