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Superstition #298

Stand two matches on a hot stove, sulphur end down, and name them for yourself and a marriageable acquaintance of the opposite sex. If both stand or fall together, it is a sign that you will live and die together. If one fall, it is a sign that one will leave the other.

Cape Breton.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 298.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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