 | John Brand - 1849 - 574 pages
...letter of my own true lover." Turn three times round, and cast the paring over your left shoulder, and it will form, the first letter of your future husband's...marry ; take the pips of the same apple, put them into spring water and drink them. Why this latter injunction my informant sayeth not.] ALLHALLOW EVEN:... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Children's stories - 1849 - 308 pages
...casting the paring over her left shoulder, and it will form the first letter of her husband's name ; but if the paring breaks into many pieces so that no letter is discernible, she will never marry. The pips of the apple must then be placed in cold spring water, and eaten by... | |
 | John Brand - 1853 - 576 pages
...cast the paring over your left shoulder, and it will form the first letter of your future hueband's surname, but if the paring breaks into many pieces,...marry ; take the pips of the same apple, put them into spring water and drink j them. Why this latter injunction my informant sayeth not.] ALLHALLOW... | |
 | 1887 - 610 pages
...letters of my own true lover ; mm round three times, and cast the paring over your left shoulder, and it will form the first letter of your future husband's...paring breaks into many pieces, so that no letter is discernable, you will never marry. After throwcg the parings as described, take the pipa of the apple,... | |
 | 1887 - 752 pages
...paring over your left shoulder, and it will form the firat letter of your future husband's surname. Bat if the paring breaks into many pieces, so that no letter is discernable, you will never marry. After throwing the parings as described, take the pips of the apple,... | |
 | G. F. Northall - Folk-songs, English - 1892 - 584 pages
...my own true lover." Turn, then, three times round, and cast the paring over your left shoulder, and it will form the first letter of your future husband's surname ; but if the paring breaks in many pieces, so that no letter is discernible, you will never marry (Brand, Antiq. BJ. 366. DUMBCAKE.... | |
 | G. F. Northall - Folk songs, English - 1892 - 590 pages
...shoulder, and it will form the first letter of your future husband's surname ; but if the paring breaks in many pieces, so that no letter is discernible, you will never marry (Brand, Antiq.} BJ. 366. DUMBCAKE. On St. Mark's Eve (April 24), in the West Riding of Yorkshire, young... | |
 | Cora Linn Morrison Daniels - Folklore - 1903 - 592 pages
...lover. Turn round three times, and cast the paring over your left shoulder, and it will form the 6rst letter of your future husband's surname ; but if the...same apple, put them in spring water, and drink them. (ST.) SPERIDON'S DAY. In Transylvania, it is unlucky to do any housework on the day of the feast of... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - Proverbs - 1903 - 506 pages
...casting the paring over her left shoulder, and it will form the first letter of her husband's name; but if the paring breaks into many pieces so that no letter is discernible, she will never marry. The pips of the apple must then be placed in cold spring water, and eaten by... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - Fasts and feasts - 1905 - 366 pages
...letter of my own true lover.' Turn three times round, and cast the paring over your left shoulder, and it will form the first letter of your future husband's surname, but if the paring break into many pieces, so that no letter is discernible, you will never marry ; take the pips of the... | |
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Turn round three times, and cast the paring over your left shoulder, and it will form the first letter of your future husband's surname; but if the paring breaks into many pieces, so that no letter is discernible, you will never marry; take the pips of... 
