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Superstition #304

On Halloween hang an apple by the door just the height of the chin. Rub the chin with saliva, stand about six inches from the apple, and hit the chin against the apple. If it sticks to the chin, you will be married, and your true love will stick to you.

St. John, N. B.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 304.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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