The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-10-25
marry till late in life and if all three are

The cake which is eaten at the Hali0W-
cen party should contain ring, thimble
and silver dime. The one who gets the
ring will marry soon, the one who receives
the dime will be very rich and the one
who gets the thimble will not marry at all.
Bobbing for apples is favorite Hallow-
cen sport Each member of the company
sets an apple afoat in tub of water. All
kneel around the tub with hands crossed
behind them and endeavor to catch an
apple with the mouth. The first one to
accomplish the feat will be the first to
marry.
The humble cabbage plays an important
part in these rites. IF a girl goes to a
field at midnight on Halloween and steals
cabbage, on her way back to the house
she will meet the man she is to marry.
At midnight, if she walks backward to
the cabbage field, barefooted and in her
nightgown, and pulls up a cabbage, she
will see her future husband over her
shoulder Or, if she goes at midnight
and steals cabbage, walking through a
graveyard on her way, and put the cab
bage over the door of her house, it will
fall upon the one she is to marry.
At midnight, throw ball of yarn into
cellar or old barn, keeping one end in
the hand. Then wind the yarn saying:
81 wind, wind, my true lsve to find,
The color of his hair, the clothes he'll wear,
The DAY he II be married to me-"
Repeat this rhyme over and over while
winding. When the yarn is wound, the
true love will appear, if, indeed, he does
not come in time to help wind the yarn.
There is a way by which man or girl
can find the name of beloved one. A
pure white bowl is necessary, which has
been touched by no lips but those of a
new born babe. If it is woman who
seeks to discover her lord and master, the
child must be boy, and if man wishes
to learn the name of his sweetheart, the
bowl must have been touched by the lips
of baby girl. Little squares of white
card board are prepared, twenty-six of
them, and on each is one letter of the
alphabet. The bowl is filled with clear
spring water, and just before midnight,
the bits of card board are foated on the
water, face down. AS the clock chimes
the mystic hour, the daring ones are blind
folded and led to the bowls. Each one
repeats this rhyme aloud:
sKind fortune tell me where he Cor she),
Who my future love shall be;
From this bowl all that claim
Is to know my true loves name"
Then one takes out as many pieces Of
card board as there are letters in one s
own name, one at a time Then the
bandage is removed, and from the letters
thus selected, one forms the name of the
true love.
Walk backward from your door in your
nightgown, just at midnight, thirteen
steps. Stoop, pick up handful of dust,
grass or leaves, wrap it in a piece Of a
shroud, put it under your pillow, being
careful to speak to no one, and dream of
what is in store for you during the re-
mainder of your life.
Put an egg to roast before the fire, leay-
ing the doors and windows all open. When
it begins to sweat, cat will come in and
turn it. After the cat, the man you are
to marry will come in and turn it. If you
are to die unmarried, there will be neither
cat nor vision only the shadow of coffin.
Go upstairs backward, eating hard
boiled egg without salt, and looking into a
hand glass held in your left hand You
will see your future partner looking into
the mirror over your shoulder.
Walk down the cellar stairs backward,
looking into small mirror held in both
hands. Your true loves face will be seen
in the mirror
Set the table for supper, with as many
seats as there are girls. Each girl must
stand behind her chair and must not speak
to anyone. As the clock strikes twelve,
the vision of the man each girl is to marry
will come in and take the chair in front of
her.
If a maiden is perplexed by multitude
of lovers, let her write the names of three
of them on separate slips of paper. Put
these in the center of small balls made of
wet corn meal and put all three balls into
a deep basin of water. The ball which
rises to the surface of the water first will
contain the name of the one she will do
well to marry.
Peel an apple, being careful to keep the
skin in one long pairing Swing it three
times around your head, and throw it
backward over your left shoulder. The
pairing will form the initial of your beloved.
After eating the apple, count the seeds.
The lumber of them will fortell your flu
ture according to this rhyme:
Zone love,
Two love,
Three / love the same;
Four I love with all my heart,
And five | cast away.
Six he loves,
Seven she loves,
Eight they both love.
Nine he comes,
Ten he tarries,
Eleven they court,
Twelve they marry,
Thirteen they quarrel,
Fourteen they part,
rlILeen one uleS Vi u UrOk0u HedrL;
Sixteen honor,
Seventeen riches,-
All the rest are little witches"
Only the fully developed seeds are to be
counted. The others mean kisses.
Go upstairs backward, into room
backward, and get into bed backward.
Just before before you get into bed, drink
salt and water IF you dream you are
given drink, you will marry the one who
brings it to you.
Hang wedding ring by hair into an
empty glass, meanwhile counting up to
your age. IF it rings three times against
the side of the glass before you reach the
end of your counting, you will marry
within the year.
Float named needles upon the surface
of bowl of water, each one having two.
If they cling closely together, their lives
will be passed together. When one sinks,
the person of that name will die Float
ing around the bowl, eye to eye, indicates
the marriage of the two just named.
Take small mirror in your left hand,
and walk backward from the house to the
road, saying: