The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-31
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Jumping Over the Candle-This is IL
me-honored game by which every lad
and lassie may find out the month of
his or her marriage.
Twelve candles, each named for a
month in the year, are put in a row
on the floor and lighted. Over these,
one by one, the contestants leap, so
there must be space enough between
the candles for the twelve jumps. The
first candle to be extinguished by the
draught of air from the leap tells the
fateful month.
The Salt Test-The girls all fill their
mouths with water and their right
hands with salt. Somebody then gives
the signals and the maids run around
the block or up and down stairs twice.
The first masculine name each girl
hears after this merry nonsense will
be that of her future husband. If a
girl giggles and the water flies out of
her mouth, or she let's fall so much as
single grain of salt, she breaks the
magic charm.
The Ashes Test-The girls and boys
each take up handful of fine ashes;
then everybody blows hard upon ".
If the ashes fly into your face the flu
ture spouse will be a tyrant or a
shrew. If it does not, this signifies
that you will be one of the happiest
of mortals. capable of resisting all mis-
fortune.
The Fateful Muslin another mar
riage test two hazel or hickory nuts
one named for the maid. the other for
her sweetheart, are laid in the fire
side by side. If they burn quietly the
courtship will be most happy and mar
riage is assured but If they fly apart,
this is sign that trouble is brewing.
Another nut test to decide the faith
fulness of a sweetheart consists in
naming three nuts and placing them
side by side before a brisk fire or on
the stove. The nut that cracks is the
man or maid you must not choose The
one that breaks into fame tells of its
namesake's great love for you, but the
one that burns steadily and quietly
you will surely wed.
The Three Water Bowls-This is a
famous Scottish test and it is some
times called the three luggies." The
bowls are placed in a row on the table,
one containing clear water, one black
ened and the third empty. The indi-
vidual who would know his or her fate
is then blindfolded and led up to the
bowls. whose positions are constantly
shifted to prevent fraud. The blind
folded one dips a hand into a bowl, or
makes a try at the feat, and If the
result is the clear water a happy mar
riage is positively certain. If the hand
goes into the blackened water the nup-
tial tie will be full Of storms, while
the empty bowl is proof positive of
lonely bachelorhood or spinsterhood
The Face in The Mirror-This is a
very ancient Halloween trick, and it
must always be performed at mid
night, which is the only hour for true
magic. The girl or boy takes a match
in one hand a small mirror in the
other, and descends the stairs back
ward to the cellar. Still moving back
ward, the lad or lass goes to remote
corner of the place. and then, striking
the match, gazes into the mirror to see
the face of the future spouse. This is
not so difficult as one may imagine
for part of the trick consists in hid
ing some suitable damseI or cavalier
in the cellar, who must manage to look
into the glass at the right moment.
The Dumb Cake-Seven maidens
which is a magic number-m1Se the
dumb cake, and during it's mixing and
cooking not a word Is uttered. The