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skins and old clothes, beg- ging money -. . " Hobby-horse " in white sheet led about

(<?) Amusements,

Cracking and burning nuts.

" Bobbing " for apples or six- pences in a tub of water -

Catching with the teeth apples suspended on a rod with candle at opposite end

(/) Rites oj Divination^

White stones named, buried under bonfire : or marked stones thrown into it, augury from their appear- ance next morning.

Burning named nuts, augury from their behaviour (grains of wheat sometimes substituted)

"White of egg dropped into water ; augury from shapes assumed

Ring suspended by enquirer's hair over glass of water ; augury from vibrations -

Touching bowls of water, blindfolded ; augury from choice - - - -

Apple-peeling thrown over shoulder, to discover initial of future partner

Salt cake eaten to induce dreams - - - -

Nine kinds of wood in stock- ing, put under pillow to induce dreams.

Apple peeled and eaten before a mirror, to induce vision -

Pins stuck in a candle ; last pin drops out at midnight and future husband appears

LOCALITY.

Montgom. (Llajifyllin). South Wales.

Denbighsh., Cardigansh.

S. Wales, Cardigansh

S. Wales, Denbighsh. Oswestry Border. Oswestry Border.

Oswestry Border and Montgomerysh.

Carmarthensh. Cardigansh.

Cardigansh.

? Radnor, Cardigansh.

Denbisfh.