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Superstition #244

Write two names (of possible lovers), cross out the common letters. Touch the uncrossed letters, repeating in turn, “Love, friendship, hate,” and the last uncrossed letter will indicate the state of the heart.

Prince Edward Island, St. John, N. B., and Northern Ohio.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 244.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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