163. A lump (enlarged papilla) on the tongue is a sign one has told a lie.
CHAPTER IV.
PROJECTS.
Love divinations or love charms, I have found, are popularly known as “projects” in parts of New England and on Mt. Desert. On Prince Edward Island and in various parts of the Canadian provinces the practice of such divinations is usually spoken of as “trying tricks.” If a number of young people are together, one will say, “Let’s try tricks.” In the Middle and Western United States the usual colloquial expression for these love divinations is “trying fortunes.” One girl will say to another at some appropriate time, “Let’s try our fortunes.”
APPLES.
164. Eat an apple at midnight before the glass, saying,—
Whoever my true love may be,
Come and eat this apple with me,
holding the lamp in the hand. The true love will appear.