Each little bird this tide
Doth choose her loved peer,
Which constantly abide
In wedlock all the year.
Charms and omens are in favor on St. Valentine's Eve. Maidens decorate
their pillows with five bay leaves and firmly believe that, if they
dream of their lover then, they will be married to him in the course
of the year. Another fancy is that the first person of the opposite
sex whom one encounters, that morning is destined to be one's husband
or wife. Naturally, there must be some sort of friendship in view
previously.