Break a new-laid egg, and, carefully separating the yolk from the white,
drop the latter into a large tumbler half full of water; place this,
uncovered, in some dry place and let it remain untouched for
four-and-twenty hours, by which time the white of the egg will have formed
itself into various figures--rounds, squares, ovals, animals, trees,
crosses, &c.--which are to be interpreted in the same manner as those
formed by the coffee-grounds. Of course, the more whites there are in the
glass, the more figures there will be. This is a very pretty experiment,
and much practised by the young Scotch maidens, who, however, believe it
to have more efficacy when tried on either Midsummer Eve or Hallowe’en
(31st October).