FOR A GIRL TO ASCERTAIN IF SHE WILL SOON MARRY.

Find a green pea-pod with exactly nine peas in it, and hang it over the

door of a room or entry-way, without letting any person know that you have

done so; you must then watch the door and see who goes through first; if

it is a bachelor, or an unmarried young man, you will positively be

married before the current crop of peas is disposed of; if it is a woman,

you will have to sigh in single blessedness another year; if a married

man, be careful and not allow your lover too much liberty in his

attentions.