Halloween Divination
Halloween Divination
Apples
Peel and apple and throw the peel over your shoulder. It will form the shape of the initial of your true love
Peel an apple the length of the peel indicates the length of your life
If you place an apple under your pillow you will dream of your future husband
Cabbage
A Scottish farming tradition was for young people to go into a field of cabbage blindfolded. Each person would pull up a stalk of kail and the physical shape of the cabbage would signify the shape of their future husband or wife.
Candles
Gazing into a flame of a candle on Halloween night will enable you to peer into the future.
Herbs
A girl would put a sprig of the herb rosemary and a silver sixpence under her pillow to dream about her future husband
Counting the seeds from a stalk of oat indicates the number of children a person will have
Running 3xs around a church as the clock struck midnight a girl would throw hemp seeds over her shoulder chanting
Hemp I sow
Hemp I hoe
Hoping my true love will come after me and moe
Her lover should then appear with a scythe
Mirrors
A woman should graze into the mirror at night whilst combing her hair, her future husband reflection will appear over her shoulder. If she was to die unmarried then a skull would appear
Nuts
Women placed hazel nuts along the front of the fire grate, each one to symbolize one of her suitors. She could then find out who her future husband would be by chanting, 'If you love me, pop and fly; if you hate me, burn and die.'
Shoes
If a woman placed her shoes in the shape of a T by her bed. The T to represent the Norse God Thor then she would dream of her future husband
Snails
If you catch a snail and place it onto a plate it is said to spell out the name of your future husband or wife
Water
Girls who carry a lamp to a spring of water on this night can see their future husband in the reflection
Wedding Cake
If a woman slept with a piece of wedding cake under her pillow she will dream of her true love