Put the chemise, inside out, on the foot of the bed and under it a board with ashes upon it; then go to bed backwards, saying,—
Whoever my true love may be,
Come write his name in these ashes for me.
Winn, Me.
Superstition #238
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 238.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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