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Superstition #262

Saturday night walk round a tall white yarrow three times, saying,—

Good evening, good evening, Mr. Yarrow.
I hope I see you well to-night,
And trust I’ll see you at meetin’ to-morrow.

Then pluck the head, put it inside the dress, and sleep with it. The first person you meet with, to speak to, at church will be your husband.

Deerfield, Mass.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 262.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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