When a pot is boiling over, put a small stick in one of the ears and name it for the one you like best. If he loves you in return, the water will cease to boil over; if not, it will continue.
Double Creek, Md.
Superstition #286
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 286.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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