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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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Hallowe'en
also
is
still
a
favourite
anniversary
for
all
kinds
of
nut-charms,
and
St.
Thomas
was
long
invoked
when
the
prophetic
onion
named
after
him
was
placed
under
the
pillow.
Rosemary
and
thyme
were
used
on
St.
Agnes'
Eve
with
this
formula:
"St.
Agnes,
that's
to
lovers
kind,
Come,
ease
the
troubles
of
my
mind."
In
Austria,
on
Christmas
Eve,
apples
are
used
for
divination.
According
to
Mr.
Conway,
the
apple
must
be
cut
in
two
in
the
dark,
without
being
touched,
the
left
half
being
placed
in
the
bosom,
and
the
right
laid
behind
the
door.
If
this
latter
ceremony
be
carefully
carried
out,
the
desired
one
may
be
looked
for
at
midnight
near
the
right
half.
He
further
tells
us
that
in
the
Erzgebirge,
the
maiden,
having
slept
on
St.
Andrew's,
or
Christmas,
night
with
an
apple
under
her
pillow,
"takes
her
stand
with
it
in
her
hand
on
the
next
festival
of
the
Church
thereafter;
and
the
first
man
whom
she
sees,
other
than
a
relative,
will
become
her
husband."
Again,
in
Bohemia,
on
Christmas
Eve,
there
is
a
pretty
practice
for
young
people
to
fix
coloured
wax-lights
in
the
shells
of
the
first
nuts
they
have
opened
that
day,
and
to
float
them
in
water,
after
silently
assigning
to
each
the
name
of
some
fancied
wooer.
He
whose
little
barque
is
the
first
to
approach
the
girl
will
be
her
future
husband;
but,
on
the
other
hand,
should
an
unwelcome
suitor
seem
likely
to
be
the
first,
she
blows
against
it,
and
so,
by
impeding
its
progress,
allows
the
favoured
barque
to
win.
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