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Superstition #285

Make ready a mirror, a lamp, a basin of water, a towel and soap. Go to bed backward, not speaking afterwards, and lie awake till midnight. If your sweetheart comes and washes, combs his hair, and looks at you, you’ll be married. If you don’t see him, you’ll see your coffin. (Both sexes.)

Labrador.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 285.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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