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⟨future⟩ husband will take her sprig out of the ⟨rose⟩-water, and sprinkle her shift with it.
Another way to see a future Spouse in a Dream. The party enquiring must lie in a different ⟨county⟩ from that in which she commonly ⟨resides⟩, and on going to bed must knit the left ⟨garter⟩ about the right-leg stocking, letting the ⟨other⟩ garter and stocking alone; and as you ⟨rehearse⟩ the following verses, at every comma ⟨knit⟩ a knot.
This knot I knit, to know the thing I know not yet,
That I may see, the man that shall my husband be,
How he goes, and what ho wears,
And what ho does all days and years.
Accordingly in a dream, he will appear with ⟨the⟩ insignia of his trade or profession.
To know if your present Sweetheart will marry you.—Let any unmarried woman take the blade bone of a shoulder of lamb, and borrowing a penknife, (but be sure not to mention for what purpose) on going to bed stick the knife once ⟨through⟩ the bone, every night, for nine nights, ⟨in⟩ different places, repeating every night, while sticking the knife, these words:—
'Tis not this bone I mean to stick,
But my lover's heart I mean to prick,
Wishing him neither rest nor sleep.
Till he comes to me to speak.
Accordingly, at the end of nine days, or shortly after, he will ask for something to put to a wound he will have met with during the time you were charming him.
To know whether a Woman will have the Man she wishes.—Get two lemon peels, wear them all day, one in each pocket, at night rub the four posts of the bedstead with them; if she is to
