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Superstition #777

To learn about visitors from tea-grounds: Lift the leaf out and press it against the left hand, naming the days of the week. Upon whichever day the leaf chances to cling and rest, company may be expected. To complete the spell, pat the leaf down your neck and wish.

Plymouth, Mass.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 777.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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