Float two cambric needles on water and name them. If they float together, they’ll marry. If they float apart, they won’t marry.
Petit Codiac, N. B.

Float two cambric needles on water and name them. If they float together, they’ll marry. If they float apart, they won’t marry.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 282.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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