Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-29
VEGETABLES AND MIRRORS.


Pulling the cabbage or 'kail'' stalks is another
charm, true in its prophecy. Two-a man and
-blindfolded, hand in hand, run out into
the garden and pull up the first stalks that
they touch. Then they return to examine their
fortunes. Worse luck if the stem be awkward
and clumsy, the roots free from earth and the
taste of the stem bitter. The one denotes that
SO will the wife or husband be ugly and awk-
ward. The amount of earth clinging to the roots
denotes the amount of dowry and the taste Of
the stem the temper OF the future partner
amiable or cross
Finally the stems are placed above the door
in due order The Christian name Of the first
person to pass under the door will be the Chris
tian name of the future partner Of the owner of
the first stalk, the second to pass under will be
the name of the seconds. OF course if the
first stalk be girls then it must be the first
man who passes under The first woman is
counted for the first stalk belonging to man
or boy.
The next charm involves quite a good deal.
The directions generally require something
like this: I'm lonely room hold a mirror in
| the right hand and candle in the left and
comb the hair with the other, in the meantime
eating an apple. Watch always in the mirror
and you will be rewarded by seeing therein the
face of your true love, who will look over your
shoulder. 1t may happen that absorbed in
watching the mirror you eat your hair and care
| fully comb the apple, but then the fates are not
always unkind and they may forgive. Ii the
girl can carry out the program exactly as de-
scribed there will be a maximum degree Of
certainty about the result. but in this age of
inability among girls compromises are often
resorted to, for it is not many girls who can
manage mirror, candle, apple and comb all
at the same time and do justice to the mirror
and apple. Omitting either the apple or comb
and having the mirror already conveniently
placed in the room are the methods of an ease
aFaD mot nj
cessful
funny thing happened once on Halloween.
housefal Of girls had assembled to peer into
the future, and among other charms they tried
this one as modified. One or two tried without
seeing anything other than their own faces in
the glass and the crowd had almost decided
that there was no good in it, when one girl came
running down declaring that she had seen some
thing. ..What! Anybody you knew?'' ex-
claimed all the girls in one breath apiece
tinct enough to be recognized. They all looked
natural, too" Every one wanted to try then,
but no more such wonderful apparitions showed
themselves to the Others For why? Because
that girl had somehow happened to get her mir
ror and candle held SO that q picture from the
Of college boys. This was the explanation Of
the "sith."
THESE ARE SURE.
Eating first raw egg and then filling the
shell with salt, which also must be eaten, will
bring about thirstiness that the lover faithful
will bring glass Of water to relieve This will
be only in the dreams, however. Wet q shirt
sleeve, hang 1t up by the fire to dry and then
lie in bed and watch until midnight. The
future husband or wife will surely come to
turn it.
The last Halloween was waukin,
My droukit sark sleev, as We ken.
His likeness came up the house stautin
And the very aray brseks Of lam Gesn.
This is q most powerful charm when the
sleeve il wet in pool Of southwark water at
point "where the lands OF three lairds meet. {"
Authorities differ this point, and II is well to
take advantage of the fact and try the first
method, a. the exact conditions of the second
might be difficnlt to locate.
The ceremony with the apple peelinR Is slso
well known. The peeling e made a. long and
the head and then dropped to the floor behind.
In its lines and curves 1t viii make the first
letter Of the true loves name. Az some yersi-
fer puts it:
sSspseras ns%s 70 sour sSh IN s sie pi.u
And on the Srsss ape perfect Lis I Is read.
The same lass who seems to have great
ye.rning for love tries the old charm with the
apple seeds. Now, these seeds when placed
upon the hand, cheek or forehead immediately
develop different degrees Of tenacity and this Is
the foundation for the divination;
This pippin shall smother trial mahe,
Zee from its core two kernels brown take.
IhtsSn my Cheek for Lubberkin fs worn.
p, BECKY Slsd soSn (. drops gpoa is s.ound.
on Were Ss is. to s ais. but e p: ,i at
4 Welsh custom for this night called "voce
Cyniver" consisted Ia the young folks seeline
Tor IN even-leaved sprig Of ash. The nrst one.