On Halloween mash potatoes and conceal in the mass a ring, a coin, and a button. Divide it into as many portions as there are persons present. The ring denotes marriage, the coin riches, and the button misfortune.
Massachusetts.
Superstition #316
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 316.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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