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Superstition #1088

Look over the right shoulder at the new moon, and count nine stars, pick up whatever is under your right foot, such as a stick, pebble, or what not; put it under your pillow, and you will dream of whoever is to be your husband.

Deer Isle, Me.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 1088.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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