Show Modes of Dlvlpntlp If a Scottish maiden desired to summon sum-mon the image of her future husband she read tho third verse seventeenth chapter of the book of Job after supper washed the supper dishes and retired to bed withpnt uttering a eingje word placing underneath her pillow the Bi ble with a pin thrust through the verge she had read On All Hallow eve various modes of divination were in vogue Pennant says that the young women determined de-termined tho figure and 2ize of their husbands by drawing cabbages blindfold blind-fold a custom which lingers tin in some parts of Scotland Thsj abo t row puts into the fire a practice prevailing also in England as Gay has described rwo hazel nuts I threw Into the flame And to each nut I cave a sweethearts name This with tho loudest bounce wo soro amazed That in a flame of brightest color blazed As blazed tho nut so may thy passion grow Or they took p candle and went alone to a looking glass eating an applo and combing their hair before it whereupon the faco of tho future spouse would be I seen in the glass peeping over the foolish I girls shoulder All tho Year Bound |