52 Fortune-Telling
Born on a Friday, godly given;
Born on a Saturday, work for a living;
Born on a Sunday, never shall want;
Some young people are fond of telling fortunes by naming an apple and counting the seeds. At times this is done at parties; but the place may be the back-steps, or a seat on a convenient fence. A companion snaps the apple to be eaten with a forefinger, and, granting the eater is a girl, gives it the name of some boy, When the apple is eaten toe the core, the apple-seeds are carefully counted with this incantation:—
One, I love,
Two, I love,
Three, I love, I say;
Four, I love with all my heart,
Five, I cast away.
Six, he loves,
Seven, she loves,
Eight, they both love,
Nine, he comes,
Ten, he tarries,
Eleven, he courts,
‘Twelve, he marries.
The sign which goes with the final
