MIDNIGHT

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• #245

  Go out at midnight and walk around a peach-tree, repeating,—

  Low for a foreigner,
  Bark for a near one,
  Crow for a farmer,
  Screek, tree, screek, if I’m to die first.

  Quaker Neck, Md.
• #246

  Eat an apple at midnight before the glass, saying, “Whoever my true love may be, come and eat this apple with me,” while holding a lamp in the hand. Your true love will appear.

  Winn, Me.
• #247

  Set the table in silence for two at eleven o’clock P. M., with bread and butter and silver knives and forks. Two girls sit down at twelve, and say, “Whoever my true love may be, come and eat this supper with me.”

  Winn, Me.