Go upstairs backward, into a chamber backward, and into bed backward. Drink some salt and water, and if you dream of some one bringing you drink it will be your future husband.
Maine and Salem, Mass.

Go upstairs backward, into a chamber backward, and into bed backward. Drink some salt and water, and if you dream of some one bringing you drink it will be your future husband.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 175.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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