. Things worth doing and how to do them. take oneturn each in trying their for-tunes by putting one slippercrosswise on top of the other, Fig. 49-Place one slipper on top of the other. ^Q^ right ^ up (Fig< ^ and while holding them so, repeat the following verse: These slippers I toss into the my love be dark? Will my love be fair?What future is mine? I pray you showBy the turning of sole or the pointing of toe! Lift the paper and give the slippers a slight upward toss tofall on the floor as they may, and the manner in which theyreach the floor indicates the fortune: When both slipp
. Things worth doing and how to do them. take oneturn each in trying their for-tunes by putting one slippercrosswise on top of the other, Fig. 49-Place one slipper on top of the other. ^Q^ right ^ up (Fig< ^ and while holding them so, repeat the following verse: These slippers I toss into the my love be dark? Will my love be fair?What future is mine? I pray you showBy the turning of sole or the pointing of toe! Lift the paper and give the slippers a slight upward toss tofall on the floor as they may, and the manner in which theyreach the floor indicates the fortune: When both slippers land upside down and do not touch, theplayer will be a great traveller and have no settled home. When both slippers land right side up and do not touch, theplayer will go on the stage. When the right slipper is upside down., the future mate willbe cross and selfish. Halloween Merrymaking 59 When the left slipper is upside down, the future mate will beunselfish and kind. When the slippers are crossed there will be an early Fig. 50.—Decided difference of opinionbetween husband and wife. Fig. 51.—Very congenial. When the toes of the slippers point in opposite directions,there will be decided difference of opinion between husband andwife (Fig. 50). When the toes of the slippers point in the same direction,husband and wife will be very congenial (Fig. 51). When the soles cross, lying one on top of the other, the player will own a gold mine. * Cups and Bowls have supernatural power on this night and exercise a peculiarinfluence over marbles placed under them; consequently youmust get three china cups and three marbles, a crystal (clear glassmarble), a commie (ordinary brown marble), and a china (a whitemarble crossed by different colored lines). Set three cups in a row (Fig. 52), under one place a crystal,under another a commie, and under the last a china. Blind-fold each player in turn and let the girl or boy raise one of thecups. If the marble under the lifted cu
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