Fig. 49.—Place one slipper on top of the other.
Explain to the girls and boys that they must take one turn each in trying their fortunes by putting one slipper crosswise on top of the other, both right side up ([Fig. 49]), and while holding them so, repeat the following verse:
These slippers I toss into the air.
Will my love be dark? Will my love be fair?
What future is mine? I pray you show
By the turning of sole or the pointing of toe!
Lift the paper and give the slippers a slight upward toss to fall on the floor as they may, and the manner in which they reach the floor indicates the fortune:
When both slippers land upside down and do not touch, the player will be a great traveller and have no settled home.
When both slippers land right side up and do not touch, the player will go on the stage.
When the right slipper is upside down, the future mate will be cross and selfish.