The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-27
FRENCH EASTER OMENS.
Reading the Future In Flowers,
Eggs and Easter Water.

Eggs and Easter water.
If young people want to try their
fortunes on Easter morning, the fol |
lowing superstitions are CLEANED from
an old French seeress, who vouches for
the infallibility of each:
The most powerful cosmetic aud love
potion, she asserts, is Easter water,
and while to procure it requires great
amount of courage, yet if the love that
Is to live always is only to be secured
in that way we give the young people
a chance by unfolding these mysteries.
Easter water is the water that is tax
en- from the river on Easter morning
before the sun has risen. The person
wishing to test its efficacy must rise
while it is quite dark, walk to the riv-
err, fill her vial or pitcher and return
home in perfect silence and without
looking back even once. She may then
return to bed and finish the interrupted
nap.
| The water thus obtained, so runs the
legend, will keep sweet throughout the
year and is considered invaluable as
remedy for diseases of the eye. Battle
your face with it every year, and you
will never have wrinkles. The dew
gathered at sunrise from crocuses is
also a preventive against wrinkles.
If you stand silent and alone and
watch the sun rise, fixing your eyes on
the radiance until dazzled; then, clos
ing the eyes, say three times:
Beautiful sun, oh, show to ne
The face of my love that is to bel"
then let imagination do the rest, you
will see the face of your future hus
band.
Yellow garters worn on Easter day
every woman knows bring luck, and
the maiden must get up at midnight
and put them on; then she must go
back to bed, and she will dream of her
future husband A widow must put a
purple and a yellow pansy on with
hers to dream significantly, and the
woman who is either separated or di-
vorced may wear purple carriers with
yellow pansies. If she dreams of her
former husband, they will he reunited
l and live happily, but if she dreams of
] another she will very likely marry
5 again.
= If a small spider is found near you
at any time on Easter day, it will
S bring you luck and money the rest OF
t the year.
4 If you shed tears on that day, it fore
r tells misfortunes and unhappiness OF
= all kinds.
T. A present on Easter is a good omen
Always wear something new-a dress
: or a bonnet, if procurable; if not, some
f article worn next to the person.
To prepare a love potion gather il
{, silence while the full moon is in thu
r heavens three white rose leaves, three
+ red rose leaves, three forgetmenots ant
o five blossoms of veronica. Place then
: in a vessel and drop upon them So
y drops of Easter water. Place the yes
sci over a fire or spirit lamp and boi
b exactly the sixteenth part of an hour
l, then remove and pour into vial, cork
e ing it tightly. 1t will keep for year
" without losing it's power. Three drop
swallowed by the person whose low
lie you desire will make him your slave.
If Eat an apple on Easter morning a
n soon as you awaken and repeat all th
g while:
e LAS Eve in her thirst for knowledge ate
1T So l. too thirst to know my fate.
Then count the Seeds and if they ar
II of even numbers your sweetheart wi
h prove true; if uneven, he will prov
s. false
rt Another test: Break an egg at init
rs night, carefully separating the vol
he and white; pour the white into Gu
and let it set until you rise in the NOR
q ing. The particles will separator eXar