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A drawing of two children, standing facing one another in a field

Fortune-Telling
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Find a daisy; ask it any question you please that can be answered by “ Yes” or “No,” and then, one at a time, pull off the petals. For the first say “Yes,” for the second, “No,” and so on. The word that falls to the last one is your answer.

Have you white marks on your nails? Put your hands together and say this rhyme while in succession you touch finger-tips, beginning with the thumbs:—

A friend,
A foe,
A gift,
A beau,
A journey to go.

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