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Superstition #1081

On first seeing the new moon, hold any small object in the hand while you repeat,—

New moon, true moon, reveal to me
Who my true love shall be;
The color of his hair, the clothes he shall wear,
And the day that we shall wedded be.

Put the object—handkerchief, pebble, or what not—under your pillow at night, and you will dream of your future husband.

Prince Edward Island.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 1081.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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