In Holland fen, now mark the name,
Old Croyland stands, of mickle fame,
There is a wine of a certain class,
There is fodder like sword grass,
There's a bed as hard as stone,
Thence depart, with "get ye gone."
If you can peel an apple with the paring in one piece take the peel by
one end with the right hand and wave it three times over your head and
throw it over your left shoulder, and it will fall in the form of the
first letter of your sweetheart's christian or surname.
With the first cherry pie of the season, those who partake of it count
the stones, to know their prospect of matrimony. The counting is done in
this manner and, at the same time, repeating these words over and over
again until all the stones on the plate have been counted:--
1st. stone "This year," 2nd stone "Next year," 3rd stone "Sometime,"
4th. stone "Never," and on which word the last stone falls, that is the
fate.