Be he of high or low degree;
By a sign his station show,
Be it weal or be it woe.
Let him come to my bedside,
And my fortune thus decide.
The young woman will be sure to dream of the identical person who sent the valentine and be enabled to guess if he is to be her husband.
ACORN CHARM.
This is to be tried on the third day of the months between September and March. Let any number of young women (not exceeding nine, and minding that there is an odd one in the company) assemble together, and each string nine acorns on a separate string, or as many acorns as there are females in company, but not more; wrap them around a long stick of wood, and place it in the fire just as the clock strikes twelve at night. Say not a word, but sit around the fire till all the acorns are consumed; then rake out the ashes and retire to bed almost directly, repeating:
May love and marriage be the theme,
To visit me in this night’s dream: