322. On May first look in an unused well, and you’ll see the face of your future husband or wife.
New Hampshire.
323. If you look into a well at exactly twelve o’clock, on the first day of May, through a smoked glass, you will see your future husband.
Alabama.
324. Hold a mirror over a well on May first, and you will see the image of your future husband or wife.
Talladega, Ala.
325. On Midsummer’s Day wet a new garment in running water and hang across a chair, wrong side out, to dry. At twelve noon or midnight the one who is to marry you will be seen turning the garment.
Labrador.
326. Place an egg in a tumbler on St. John’s Day. The tumbler being half filled with water, an egg is broken into it at early dawn, and it is placed in the window, where it remains untouched till sundown. At that time the broken egg is supposed to have assumed a special shape, in which the ingenious maiden sees dimly outlined the form of her future lord, or some emblem of his calling.