Ascertain the day of the young woman’s birth, and refer to the last chapter of Proverbs. Each verse from the 1st to the 31st is supposed to indicate, either directly or indirectly, the character, and to guide the searcher—the verse corresponding with her age indicating the woman’s character.
THE ROBIN AND THE WREN.
“Those who kill a robin or a wran,
Will never prosper, boy or man.”
This feeling is deeply impressed on every young mind; there are few, therefore, who would injure either of those birds.
I remember that a boy in Redruth killed a robin: the dead robin was tied round his neck, and he was marched by the other boys through the town, all of them singing the above lines.
TO SECURE GOOD LUCK FOR A CHILD.
Give the first person whom you meet between your own house and the church to which you are taking the infant to be christened, a piece of bread and salt.
INNOCENCY.
To wash the hands is an attestation of innocency. To call a man “dirty fingers,” is to accuse him of some foul or unjust deed.