Wishes 73
Still others say :—
The first star bright I’ve seen to-night,
May I see somebody I don’t expect to see.
The first form of this wish has to be repeated three times.
When you see the first robin in the spring, wish, and your wish will come to pass. In this, as in all wishing-spells, you must be careful not to tell any one. If you do, the first robin will be quite ineffectual as an aid to the realization of wishes. You must be careful also not to speak until you have wished, for that, too, will break the spell. “I wished on robins for a good many years. There’s no harm in wishing, you know, if you wish good wishes.”
Wish on the first frogs you hear in the spring, tell no one, and the wish will come true,
Notice the white horses that pass, count them up to three, and shake hands with somebody. Then you can make a wish, and it will come true.
The forked bone just in front of the breast-bone of a chicken or other fowl is known as the wish-bone. If this bone
