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10 succeed, the person will appear in her sleep and present her with a couple of lemons, if there is no hope.

To know whether one shall enjoy their love not.—Take the number of the first letter of your names, the number of the planet, and of the  of the week; put all these together, and  them by 40: if it be above, it will come to  mind, and if below to the contrary; be particular in minding the number which is under 36.

To know whether a new-born Child shall live or die.—Write down the proper names of father and mother, and the day the child  born, and put to each letter its number as before, and to the total sum, being put together add 25, and divide the whole by 7; and then if it be even, the child will die, but if odd,  shall live.

To know whether a person shall be married,—Get a peasepod, in which are nine peas hang the same over the door, and take notice of the person who comes in, (who is not of the family) and if he be a bachelor, you will certainly be married within the year.

On any Friday throughout the year, take rose-mary flowers, bay leaves, thyme and sweet marjoram, of each a handful; dry these and make them into fine powder; then take a teaspoonful of each sort, mix the whole together, then take twice the quantity of barley-flour, and mix the whole into a cake, with the milk of a red cow: this cake is not to be baked, but wrapped in clear writing paper, and laid under your head any Friday night. If the person dream of music, she will shortly wed him she wishes; if she dream of fire, she will be crossed