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Superstition #263

Suspend a ring by a hair from the finger. Let it swing over a tumbler. The number of strokes against the side of the tumbler indicates the number of years of age of the future husband.

Prince Edward Island.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 263.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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