Put pieces of paper, each bearing one letter of the alphabet, in water face down, and then place them under the bed. Those turned up in the morning are the initials of your future husband.
Prince Edward Island and Northern Ohio.

Put pieces of paper, each bearing one letter of the alphabet, in water face down, and then place them under the bed. Those turned up in the morning are the initials of your future husband.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 242.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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