Fortunes are told by pulling off leaflets of a compound leaf, such as the locust, repeating, “Rich man, poor man,” etc.
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Fortunes are told by pulling off leaflets of a compound leaf, such as the locust, repeating, “Rich man, poor man,” etc.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 214.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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