Tie a true lover’s knot (of shavings) and place it under the pillow. You will dream of your lover, even if at that time he is unknown to you.
Newfoundland.

Tie a true lover’s knot (of shavings) and place it under the pillow. You will dream of your lover, even if at that time he is unknown to you.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 292.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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