Good Friday.
On Good Friday, in 1904, I was reminded of an old custom by an old friend who was staying with me. When some hot cross buns were offered, he took one and told me to hold it with him and, whilst we were holding it together to repeat with him this couplet:—
Half for you half for me
Between us two good luck shall be.
When this was being said we broke the bun in two. This is said to cement friendship between the two who break the bun.
April.
St. Mark's Eve.
Take three tufts of grass plucked from a Churchyard, place them under your pillow and repeat aloud:—
Let me know my fate, whether weal or woe
Whether my rank's to be high or low,
Whether to live single or be a bride,
And the destiny my star doth provide.
If this is done one dreams of the future.
When April blows his horn
'Tis good for hay and corn.