If you love me as I love you,
No knife shall cut our love in two!
In counting the buttons of the waistcoat upwards, the last found corresponding to one of the following names indicates the destiny of the wearer:
My belief,—
A captain, a colonel, a cow-boy, a thief.
[THE EVEN-ASH.]
A girl must pluck a leaf from the even-ash, and, holding it in her hand, say—
This even-ash I hold in my hand,
The first I meet is my true man.
She carries it in her hand a short distance, and if she meets a young man, he will be her future husband. If not, she must put the leaf in her glove, and say—
This even-ash I hold in my glove,
The first I meet is my true love.
She carries it in her glove a short time, with the same intention as before, but if she meets no one, she places the leaf in her bosom, saying—
This even-ash I hold in my bosom,
The first I meet is my husband.