Get nine small keys; they must all be your own by begging or purchase
(borrowing will not do, nor must you tell what you want them for); plait a
three-plaited band of your own hair, and tie them together, fastening the
ends with nine knots; fasten them with one of your garters to your left
wrist on going to bed, and bind the other garter around your head; then
say--
St. Peter, take it not amiss,
To try your favor I’ve done this;
You are the ruler of the keys,
Favor me, then, if you please:
Let me then your influence prove,
And see my dear and wedded love.
This must be done on the eve of St. Peter’s, and is an old charm used by
the maidens of Rome in ancient times, who put great faith in it.