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Superstition #224

Two girls break a wishbone together. The one who gets the longest bit will remain longest unmarried, or, as the familiar rhyme runs,—

Shortest to marry,
Longest to tarry.

If the “knot” (that is, the flattened portion at the junction of the two prongs of the bone) flies away and does not stick to either prong, the two girls are to remain unmarried. Each girl puts her bit of the wishbone over a different door. The first man who enters either door is to marry the girl who has placed her bit of wishbone over the door.

Prince Edward Island.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 224.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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