The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1879-10-29
HAW AIIAN GAZETTE
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
CRAWFORD MACDOWELL.
WEDNESDAY. 0CT %, ISL.
A Few wishing Customs.

10 whatever grade Of society or position oil
prosperity are placed. we still hope for some
thing better. and as mankind is never in this
world perfectly happy. we fad ourselves cou-
stAntly wishing for some future blessedness 81
yerlstivs TO that We at present enjoy. Conse-
Quenily. a host Of futile customs 10 meet this
want are pracliced among The vulgar. who be-
heve in their efficacy, and many Of them are even
patronized by the educated. In the West of
England Wishing Wells are very plentiful. aud
Young damsels longing Tor married felicity offer
up The following petition
A husband, ST. Catherine,
handsome one, 81. Catherine,
rich ont, 81. Catherine,
nice one, ST. Catherine,
Aud soon, ST. Catherine
At AbbOttsbury they used to 90 on a certain
day Of the year 10 ihs Norman Chapel OF ST.
Catherine, al Milton Abbey. aud make the same
prayer. Ii Is somewhat singular that on the
Continent this saint should be con sidered the
special patroness of spiDsters. AT Hoywell. or
81. Winifred's Well. 10 North Wales those who
are not satisfied with their circumstances 10 life
must find wishing stone" which lie two feet
below the water, and While kissing it make the
necessary wish.
During the season when the cuckoo's note is
heard. many curious customs are observed. Thus
in England as well as in Germany. il is believed
how macy years you have to live by the repeti
tlon Of its cry so they say
Cuckoo, cherry tIees,
Good bird, tell me.
How many years have to liyes
As soon as the Danish village girls hear this
bird. they kiss their hand and ask Cuckoo.
cuckoo when shall | be married." Among the
Swedes, too, the girls exclalm:
Cuckoo gray, tell TO me.
Up in the tree, true and free,
How many years must live aud 90 unmarrieds
Saperstitions in connection with the appear
snce Of the moon nre very numerous II generally
presides o.er lovers wishes. Ia DeyOnshire the
young people. soon as they see the first new
moon after midsummer, 90 to slile. turn their
backs TO IL. and say:
All bail, new moon, all hail to thee
prythee, good moon, reveal to me
Ihis uight who shall my true love be;
Who is he, and what he wears.
And what he does all months and years.
! 10 Ireland they sometimes show the new moou
/ knife. and invoking the Holy Trinity say
New moon, true morrow, be true now to me-
/ That ere the morrow my true love may
! afterward placing the knife under the pillow and
/ keeping strict silence lest the charm should be
/ broken 10 Berkshire. at the new moon, the
maldens go into the fields and locking at it say
New moon, new moon, / hail thee!
By oil the virtue in thy body,
| Grant this night that / may see
/ He who my true love is To be.
10 Devonshire the girls believe that if they
pluck yarrOw from man grave. and place il
uuder their pillow. repeating these lines, they
will dream of their lovers:
Yarrow, sweet yarrow, the first that / have found
And in the name OF Jesus pluck II from the ground
As Joseph loved sweet Mary, aud took her for hi
dear,
/ So in dream this night, hope, my true love viii
sppear.
In Lancashire. if the inquirer wishes to know
tue abode of lover. an apple -pippin is lakeI
between the thumb aud finger, and while moving
round. squeezed out, when it is supposed To flJ
in the direction of the lovers house. Thesl
words are said at the same time:
Pippn, pppin, paradise,
Tell me where my true love lies;
| East. west, north or SOUTH
! Pilliug Brig or COckersmOuth.
Halliwell, in his Popular Rhymes" Qs49)
says that girls praeticed divination with st
Thomas ouon," which they peeled, wrapped il
clean handkerchief, and LAID under their heads
saying the following rhyme
Good ST. Thomas do me right,
And see my true love come tonight
That may see him in the face
And him in my kind arms embrace
In Shropshire. to 6ni ones future partner, tn,
oiace-Oone OF lamO must be procured which il
TO be prieked at midnight with a peuknile, AM
lis not this bone mean to pick,
But my loves heart wish TO prick
II be comes not and speaks tonight
I'll prick and prick till it be light
In Derbysbire they have method which i
would take bold heart to perform--the youn!
woman to find out her future husband. run
round the church at midnight. as the clocl
strikes y. repeating the following:
sow hempseed, heHpseed sow;
He that loves ME best
Come and alter me now
After which her destined partner is believed Il
folio" her.-AH The Year Round.