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Superstition #459

To wish on a star, when you see the first star come out, say:

Star light, star bright,
First star I see to-night,
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish to-night.

Wish what you please and it will come true, but the wish must not be mentioned to any one.

Eastern Massachusetts.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 459.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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