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Superstition #229

Name each of the four fingers of one hand for some person of the opposite sex, then press them tightly together with the other hand; the one that hurts the worst indicates whom you will marry.

Prince Edward Island.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 229.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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