Lay in the hand four apple-seeds and have some one name them, then pick them up, saying,—
This one I love all others above,
And this one I greatly admire,
And this one I’ll take and never forsake.
And this one I’ll cast in the fire.
St. John, N. B.
Superstition #168
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 168.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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