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Superstition #264

Hang a gold ring over a glass of water, from a hair, saying the name of some man. If the ring strikes the side of the glass three times you will marry him.

Willimantic, Conn.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 264.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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