The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-28
THE j. 8. BARNABY co.

with the day and which are supposed TO
tell of ones future wife or husband are
very interesting. IL is customary to quote
from Burns when you talk of them and
perhaps no one has given us better idea
of them. Kale, and well-curbs, country
air and country house are the essentialsto
a fully enjoyable evening and If you
haven't them and have not the untroubled
freedom of mind which the Scotch peasants
enjoyed, the occasion can't mean much.
You can't have an All Hallow Fen in
city tenement with electric cars whlrllng
by, worth cent. Neither can you enjoy
the occasion properly if you are troubled
about bank accounts and business affairs
in general or society conventionalities.
Only little children are competent TO get
any fun out of it in city, but few OF
them now even know the traditions OF
the day. Still, more might be made of
the day Pretty invitations might be sent
by misses to their friends and at least
the inn-door tricks, such as burning nuts
and watching to see whether they VIII re-
main together or fly apart, looking in
mirror, etc, to get peep at your future
husband or wife might be tried. Or the
trick of floating needles may be tried but 1t
requires care or they will go down TO the
bottom of the basin instead OF drifting,
some happily in pairs, side by side, some
points TO points, some heads and points.
while some "fock all alone" at the side
of the basin.
To ascertain the occupation of the .fu-
ture husband, pour melted lead through
door kew into pan of cold water IL Will
take all sorts of fanciful shapes, and guess
ing what these shapes are Will test the IN
gennity of the company. Sometimes a,pen
or pencil will be formed Then the hus-
band will surely be "a writer. A sword
will indicate soldier hoe, farmer;
flower, a florist and if only little drops
are found, the husband will have no
special profession, or the maiden may not
marry at all
The spell of the three tin cups Is better
for the boys than for the girls, as they
ha We no dresses in the way.
Balance three tin cups, in which there
is little water, on the small ends of
three tunnels. placed in a row on the
floor about two feet apart, then jump over
the cups one after another, as in hurdle
race.
Whoever succeeds in jumping over
them all without spilling the water, will
marry soon. If one is tipped over the
marriage will not come so soon; If two
are knocked off he will not marry until
late in life, and he who does not succeed
in jumping any of them safely will die an
old bachelor.
Go down cellar backwards with can
die and a hand-mirror and you will see in
il the face of your fate.
and slowly wind il up, saying in sing
song tone, Il wind, wind, hoping my
true love TO find."
If the end will not come, ask, "Who
holds ?" and the answer will be your
"true loves" name
Nutshell boats have to be prepared be-
forehand by splitting English walnuts in
halves and taking on the nuts.
In each half shell make a candle of a
90 Gtt tttAfr nd Tod
poured around it, moulding the wax into
the shape of cone.
Each one takes boat, lights its little
taper and launches 1t in tub of water,
stirring the water occasionally To make
little waves.
burns until the wax is all melted, a long,
happy life is predicted.
If two boats come together their owners
will do the same and have some common
interest.
If one boat gets in another's way, look
out for trouble
Ii two boats sail side by side their own
ers will marry, If of the opposite sex If
both are men, they will be engaged in bus
mess together; or, if both are girls, they
will pass much time together.
When a boat remains quietly by the side
of tub il indicates a stay-at-home.
Touching often at the side of the tub in
dlcatcS snort Journeys, anu Wnen the DOaL
keeps away from the tub, extended travel
is predicted.
Snap-dragon-pulling raisins out of n
dish of burning brandy-is lively sport,
and there is no danger of being burned if
one is quick.
The usual way Of bobbing for apples Is
To put them I'm a tub of water, then try to
take them out with the teeth.
A better way is 20 suspend the apple at
the end of "A string and then try TO bite il
as it swings.
There is still another way Tie n string
I'm the middle of a stick about two feet
long; on one end faSten AN apple and on
the other a lighted candle, suspending it
all from the ceiling. Set il swinging, then
let each try TO catch the apple i'm the
teeth.
As the lighted candle is sometimes
caught instead Of the apple, this seems
dangerous. The apple alone is difficult
enough and Is much neater, as the can
die i sure 10 drip.
Just before the girls are sent around the
house or down cellar. gather all the com
pany together i'm dark room put some
alcohol and salt into dish and set il on
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