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Superstition #236

Catch the four corners of a handkerchief up in the hand, then let some one wishing to try her fortune draw two. If she gets two corners on the same side, she will not be married. If she gets opposite ones, she will be married.

Prince Edward Island and Chestertown, Md.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 236.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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