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When you find tea-grounds floating in your cup, know that you are going to have company. If the grounds are soft, it is a woman who is coming; if hard, a man, If the grounds are long, the person coming is tall; if short, the visitor will be short. When a girl or woman first sights the floating grounds in her cup, the comment is apt to be, “There, got a beau!” If the grounds are taken out and thrown under the table, the company will stay all night. If the grounds are left in the cup, the visitor will simply make a call.
After you drink the tea you can get still further enlightenment, if there are grounds in the bottom of the cup. Turn the cup around a few times. Then put it bottom upwards on your saucer, and give it a few more turns, Now turn it over. If you see paths in the grounds, it is a sign that you are
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