If a tea-stem floats in the tea, it is a sign you will have a visitor. If it is hard, it is a man; if it is soft, it is a woman. If it is long, the visitor will be tall; if short, the visitor will be short.
New York.
Superstition #776
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 776.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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