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-Title: How to Tell Fortunes
-       Containing Napoleon's Oraculum and the Key to Work It;
-       also Tells Fortunes by Cards, Lucky and Unlucky Days, Signs
-       and Omens.
-
-Author: Aaron A. Warford
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-HOW TO TELL FORTUNES
-
-
-  CONTAINING Napoleon’s Oraculum, and the Key to Work It
-
-  ALSO Tells Fortunes by Cards, LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS, SIGNS AND OMENS.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-  COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY
-  FRANK TOUSEY, PUBLISHER
-  168 West 23d St., New York City
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-HOW TO TELL FORTUNES BY CARDS.
-
-
-In telling Fortunes by Cards--as in all games in which they are
-employed--the Ace ranks highest in value. Then comes the King, followed
-by the Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven; these being generally
-the only cards used.
-
-The order, and comparative value of the different suits, is as
-follows:--First on the list stand “Clubs,” as they mostly portend
-happiness; and--no matter how numerous, or how accompanied--are rarely
-or never of bad augury. Next come “Hearts,” which usually signify joy,
-liberality, or good temper; “Diamonds,” on the contrary, denote delay,
-quarrels, and annoyance; and “Spades”--the worst suit of all--grief,
-sickness, and loss of money.
-
-We are of course speaking generally, as, in many cases, the position
-of cards entirely changes their signification; their individual and
-relative meaning being often widely different. Thus, for example, the
-King of Hearts, the Nine of Hearts, and the Nine of Clubs, respectively
-signify, a liberal man, joy, and success in love, but change their
-position, by placing the King _between_ the two nines, and you would
-read that a man, then rich and happy, would be ere long consigned to a
-prison!
-
-
-SIGNIFICATION OF THE CARDS.
-
-The individual meaning attached to the thirty-two cards employed is as
-follows:--
-
-
-THE EIGHT CLUBS.
-
-_Ace of Clubs._--Signifies joy, money, or good news; if reversed, the
-joy will be of brief duration.
-
-_King of Clubs._--A frank, liberal man, fond of serving his friends; if
-reversed, he will meet with a disappointment.
-
-_Queen of Clubs._--An affectionate woman, but quick-tempered and
-touchy; if reversed, jealous and malicious.
-
-_Knave of Clubs._--A clever and enterprising young man; reversed, a
-harmless flirt and flatterer.
-
-_Ten of Clubs._--Fortune, success, or grandeur; reversed, want of
-success in some small matter.
-
-_Nine of Clubs._--Unexpected gain, or a legacy; reversed, some trifling
-present.
-
-_Eight of Clubs._--A dark person’s affections, which, if returned,
-will be the cause of great prosperity; reversed, those of a fool, and
-attendant unhappiness, if reciprocated.
-
-_Seven of Clubs._--A small sum of money, or unexpectedly recovered
-debt; reversed, a yet smaller amount.
-
-
-THE EIGHT HEARTS.
-
-_Ace of Hearts._--A love-letter, or some pleasant news; reversed, a
-friend’s visit.
-
-_King of Hearts._--A fair, liberal man; reversed, will meet with
-disappointment.
-
-_Queen of Hearts._--A mild, amiable woman; reversed, has been crossed
-in love.
-
-_Knave of Hearts._--A gay young bachelor, who dreams only of pleasure;
-reversed, a discontented military man.
-
-_Ten of Hearts._--Happiness, triumph; if reversed, some slight anxiety.
-
-_Nine of Hearts._--Joy, satisfaction, success; reversed, a passing
-chagrin.
-
-_Eight of Hearts._--A fair person’s affections; reversed, indifference
-on his or her part.
-
-_Seven of Hearts._--Pleasant thoughts, tranquillity; reversed, ennui,
-weariness.
-
-
-THE EIGHT DIAMONDS.
-
-_Ace of Diamonds._--A letter, soon to be received; and, if the card be
-reversed, containing bad news.
-
-_King of Diamonds._--A fair man--generally in the army--but both
-cunning and dangerous; if reversed, a threatened danger, caused by
-machinations on his part.
-
-_Queen of Diamonds._--An ill-bred, scandal-loving woman; if reversed,
-she is to be greatly feared.
-
-_Knave of Diamonds._--A tale-bearing servant, or unfaithful friend; if
-reversed, will be the cause of mischief.
-
-_Ten of Diamonds._--Journey, or change of residence; if reversed, it
-will not prove fortunate.
-
-_Nine of Diamonds._--Annoyance, delay; if reversed, either a family or
-a love quarrel.
-
-_Eight of Diamonds._--Love-making; if reversed, unsuccessful.
-
-_Seven of Diamonds._--Satire, mockery; reversed, a foolish scandal.
-
-N. B.--In order to know whether the Ace, Ten, Nine, Eight and Seven
-of Diamonds are reversed, it is better to make a small pencil-mark on
-each, to show which is the top of the card.
-
-
-THE EIGHT SPADES.
-
-_Ace of Spades._--Pleasure; reversed, grief, bad news.
-
-_King of Spades._--The envious man, an enemy, or a dishonest lawyer,
-who is to be feared; reversed, impotent malice.
-
-_Queen of Spades._--A widow; reversed, a dangerous and malicious woman.
-
-_Knave of Spades._--A dark, ill-bred young man; reversed, he is
-plotting some mischief.
-
-_Ten of Spades._--Tears, a prison; reversed, brief affliction.
-
-_Nine of Spades._--Tidings of a death; reversed, it will be some near
-relative.
-
-_Eight of Spades._--Approaching illness; reversed, a marriage broken
-off, or offer refused.
-
-_Seven of Spades._--Slight annoyances; reversed, a foolish intrigue.
-
-The Court cards of Hearts and Diamonds usually represent persons of
-fair complexion; Clubs and Spades, the opposite.
-
-
-SIGNIFICATION OF DIFFERENT CARDS OF THE SAME DENOMINATION.
-
-_Four Aces_, coming together, or following each other, announce danger,
-failure in business, and sometimes imprisonment. If one or more of them
-be reversed, the danger will be lessened, but that is all.
-
-_Three Aces_, coming in the same manner.--Good tidings; if reversed,
-folly.
-
-_Two Aces._--A plot; if reversed, will not succeed.
-
-_Four Kings._--Rewards, dignities, honors; reversed, they will be less,
-but sooner received.
-
-_Three Kings._--A consultation on important business, the result
-of which will be highly satisfactory; if reversed, success will be
-doubtful.
-
-_Two Kings._--A partnership in business; if reversed, a dissolution of
-the same. Sometimes this only denotes friendly projects.
-
-_Four Queens._--Company, society; one or more reversed, denotes that
-the entertainment will not go off well.
-
-_Three Queens._--Friendly calls; reversed, chattering and scandal or
-deceit.
-
-_Two Queens._--A meeting between friends; reversed, poverty, troubles,
-in which one will involve the other.
-
-_Four Knaves._--A noisy party--mostly young people; reversed, a
-drinking bout.
-
-_Three Knaves._--False friends; reversed, a quarrel with some low
-person.
-
-_Two Knaves._--Evil intentions; reversed, danger.
-
-_Four tens._--Great success in projected enterprises; reversed, the
-success will not be so brilliant, but still it will be sure.
-
-_Three tens._--Improper conduct; reversed, failure.
-
-_Two tens._--Change of trade or profession; reversed, denotes that the
-prospect is only a distant one.
-
-_Four nines._--A great surprise; reversed, a public dinner.
-
-_Three nines._--Joy, fortune, health; reversed, wealth lost by
-imprudence.
-
-_Two nines._--A little gain; reversed, trifling losses at cards.
-
-_Four eights._--A short journey; reversed, the return of a friend or
-relative.
-
-_Three eights._--Thoughts of marriage; reversed, folly, flirtation.
-
-_Two eights._--A brief love-dream; reversed, small pleasures and
-trifling pains.
-
-_Four Sevens._--Intrigues among servants or low people, threats,
-snares, and disputes; reversed, that their malice will be impotent to
-harm, and that the punishment will fall on themselves.
-
-_Three sevens._--Sickness, premature old age; reversed, slight and
-brief indisposition.
-
-_Two sevens._--Levity; reversed, regret.
-
-Any picture-card between two others of equal value--as two tens, two
-Aces, etc.--denotes that the person represented by that card runs the
-risk of a prison.
-
-It requires no great efforts to commit these significations to memory,
-but it must be remembered that they are but what the alphabet is to
-the printed book: a little attention and practice, however, will soon
-enable the learner to form these mystic letters into words, and words
-into phrases; in other language, to assemble these cards together, and
-read the events, past and to come, their pictured faces pretend to
-reveal.
-
-There are several ways of doing this; but we will give them all, one
-after another, so as to afford our readers an ample choice of methods
-of prying into futurity.
-
-
-DEALING THE CARDS BY THREES.
-
-Take the pack of thirty-two selected cards (viz., the Ace, King, Queen,
-Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven of each suit), having before fixed
-upon the one you intend to represent yourself, supposing always you
-are making the essay on your own behalf. If not, it must represent
-the person for whom you are acting. In doing this, it is necessary to
-remember that the card chosen should be according to the complexion
-of the chooser, King or Queen of Diamonds for a very fair person,
-ditto of Hearts for one rather darker, Clubs for one darker still, and
-Spades only for one very dark indeed. The card chosen also loses its
-signification, and simply becomes the representative of a dark or fair
-man, or woman, as the case may be.
-
-This point having been settled, shuffle the cards, and either cut
-them or have them cut for you (according to whether you are acting
-for yourself or another person), taking care to use the _left_ hand.
-That done, turn them up by _threes_, and every time you find in these
-triplets _two of the same suit_, such as two Hearts, two Clubs, etc.,
-withdraw the highest card and place it on the table before you. If the
-triplet should chance to be all of the same suit, the _highest_ card
-is still to be the only one withdrawn; but should it consist of three
-of the _same value_ but _different suits_, such as three Kings, etc.,
-they are to be all appropriated. We will suppose that, after having
-turned up the cards three by three, you have been able to withdraw
-six, leaving twenty-six, which you shuffle and cut, and again turn up
-by threes, acting precisely as you did before, until you have obtained
-either _thirteen_, _fifteen_, or _seventeen_ cards. Recollect that
-the number must always be uneven, and that the card representing the
-person for whom the essay is made must make one of it. Even if the
-requisite thirteen, fifteen, or seventeen have been obtained, and this
-one has not made its appearance, the operation must be recommenced.
-Let us suppose the person whose fortune is being read to be a lady,
-represented by the Queen of Hearts, and that fifteen cards have been
-obtained and laid out--in the form of a half circle--in the order they
-were drawn, viz., the Seven of Clubs, the Ten of Diamonds, the Seven of
-Hearts, the Knave of Clubs, the King of Diamonds, the Nine of Diamonds,
-the Ten of Hearts, the Queen of Spades, the Eight of Hearts, the Knave
-of Diamonds, the Queen of Hearts, the Nine of Clubs, the Seven of
-Spades, the Ace of Clubs, the Eight of Spades. Having considered your
-cards, you will find among them two Queens, two Knaves, two tens, three
-sevens, two eights, and two nines; you are, therefore, able to announce:
-
-“The two Queens before me signify the reunion of friends; the two
-Knaves, that there is mischief being made between them. These two tens
-denote a change of profession, which, from one of them being between
-two sevens, I see will not be effected without some difficulty; the
-cause of which, according to these _three_ sevens, will be illness.
-However, these two nines promise some small gain, resulting--so say
-these two eights--from a love affair.”
-
-You now begin to count _seven cards, from right to left_, beginning
-with the Queen of Hearts, who represents the lady you are acting for.
-The seventh being the King of Diamonds, you may say:
-
-“You often think of a fair man in uniform.”
-
-The next seventh card (counting the King of Diamonds as _one_) proves
-to be the Ace of Clubs; you add:
-
-“You will receive from him some very joyful tidings; he, besides,
-intends making you a present.”
-
-Count the Ace of Clubs as “one,” and proceeding to the next seventh
-card, the Queen of Spades, you resume:
-
-“A widow is endeavoring to injure you on this very account; and” (the
-seventh card, counting the Queen as one, being the Ten of Diamonds)
-“the annoyance she gives you will oblige you to either take a journey
-or change your residence; but” (this Ten of Diamonds being imprisoned
-between two sevens) “your journey or removal will meet with some
-obstacle.”
-
-On proceeding to count as before, calling the Ten of Diamonds one, you
-will find the seventh card proves to be the Queen of Hearts herself,
-the person for whom you are acting, and may therefore safely conclude
-by saying:
-
-“But this you will overcome of yourself, without needing any one’s aid
-or assistance.”
-
-Now take the two cards at either extremity of the half circle, which
-are, respectively, the Eight of Spades and the Seven of Clubs, unite
-them, and continue:--
-
-“A sickness, which will lead to your receiving a small sum of money.”
-
-Repeat the same maneuver, which brings together the Ace of Clubs and
-the Ten of Diamonds:--
-
-“Good news, which will make you decide on taking a journey, destined to
-prove a very happy one, and which will occasion you to receive a sum of
-money.”
-
-The next cards united, being the Seven of Spades and the Seven of
-Hearts, you say:--
-
-“Tranquility and peace of mind, followed by slight anxiety, quickly
-succeeded by love and happiness.”
-
-Then come the Nine of Clubs and the Knave of Clubs, foretelling: “You
-will certainly receive money through the exertions of a clever dark
-young man--Queen of Hearts and King of Diamonds--which comes from a
-fair man in uniform; this rencounter announces some great happiness
-in store for you, and complete fulfillment of your wishes. Knave of
-Diamonds and Nine of Diamonds--Although this happy result may be
-delayed for a time, through some fair young man, not famed for his
-delicacy--Eight of Hearts and Ten of Hearts--love, joy, and triumph.
-The Queen of Spades, who remains alone, is the widow who is endeavoring
-to injure you, and who finds herself abandoned by all her friends!”
-
-Now gather up the cards you have been using, shuffle and cut them with
-the left hand, and proceed to make them into three packs by dealing one
-to the left, one in the middle, and one to the right; a fourth is laid
-aside to form “a surprise.” Then continue to deal the cards to each of
-the three packs in turn, until their number is exhausted, when it will
-be found that the left-hand and middle packs contain each five cards,
-whilst the one on the right hand consists of only four.
-
-Now ask the person consulting you to select one of the three packs. We
-will suppose this to be the middle one, and that the cards comprising
-it are, the Knave of Diamonds, the King of Diamonds, the Seven of
-Spades, the Queen of Spades, and the Seven of Clubs. These, by
-recollecting our previous instructions regarding the individual and
-relative signification of the cards, are easily interpreted, as follows:
-
-“The Knave of Clubs--a fair young man, possessed of no delicacy
-of feeling, who seeks to injure--the King of Diamonds--a fair man
-in uniform--Seven of Spades--and will succeed in causing him some
-annoyance--the Queen of Spades--at the instigation of a spiteful
-woman--Seven of Clubs--but, by means of a small sum of money, matters
-will be finally easily arranged.”
-
-Next take up the left-hand pack, which is “for the house”--the former
-one having been for the lady herself. Supposing it to consist of the
-Queen of Hearts, the Knave of Clubs, the Eight of Hearts, the Nine of
-Diamonds, and the Ace of Clubs, they would read thus:
-
-“Queen of Hearts--the lady whose fortune is being told is, or soon will
-be, in a house--Knave of Clubs--where she will meet with a dark young
-man, who--Eight of Hearts--will entreat her assistance to forward his
-interests with a fair girl--Nine of Diamonds--he having met with delays
-and disappointment--Ace of Clubs--but a letter will arrive announcing
-the possession of money, which will remove all difficulties.”
-
-The third pack is “for those who did not expect it,” and will be
-composed of four cards, let us say the Ten of Hearts, Nine of Clubs,
-Eight of Spades, and Ten of Diamonds, signifying:
-
-“The Ten of Hearts--An unexpected piece of good fortune and great
-happiness--Nine of Clubs--caused by an unlooked-for legacy--Eight of
-Spades--which joy may perhaps be followed by a slight sickness--Ten of
-Diamonds--the result of a fatiguing journey.”
-
-There now remains on the table only the card intended for the
-“surprise.” This, however, must be left untouched, the other cards
-gathered up, shuffled, cut, and again laid out in three packs, not
-forgetting at the first deal to add a card to “the surprise.” After
-the different packs have been duly examined and explained, as before
-described, they must again be gathered up, shuffled, etc., indeed, the
-whole operation repeated, after which the three cards forming “the
-surprise” are examined; and supposing them to be the Seven of Hearts,
-the Knave of Clubs, and the Queen of Spades, are to be thus interpreted:
-
-“Seven of Hearts--pleasant thoughts and friendly intentions--Knave of
-Clubs--of a dark young man--relative to a malicious dark woman, or
-widow, who will cause him much unhappiness.”
-
-
-DEALING THE CARDS BY SEVENS.
-
-After having shuffled the pack of thirty-two selected cards--which, as
-we before stated, consist of the Ace, King, Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine,
-Eight, and Seven of each suit--either cut them yourself, or, if acting
-for another person, let that person cut them, taking care to use the
-_left_ hand. Then count seven cards, beginning with the one lying on
-the top of the pack. The first six are useless, so put them aside, and
-retain only the seventh, which is to be placed face uppermost on the
-table before you. Repeat this three times more, then shuffle and cut
-the cards you have thrown on one side, together with those remaining
-in your hand, and tell them out in sevens as before, until you have
-thus obtained twelve cards. It is, however, indispensable that the one
-representing the person whose fortune is being told should be among the
-number; therefore, the whole operation must be recommenced in case of
-it not having made its appearance. Your twelve cards being now spread
-out before you in the order in which they have come to hand, you may
-begin to explain them as described in the manner of dealing the cards
-in threes--always bearing in mind both their individual and relative
-signification. Thus, you first count the cards by sevens, beginning
-with the one representing the person for whom you are acting, going
-from _right_ to _left_. Then take the two cards at either extremity
-of the line or half-circle, and unite them, and afterwards form the
-three heaps or packs and “the surprise” precisely as we have before
-described. Indeed, the only difference between the two methods is the
-manner in which the cards are obtained.
-
-
-DEALING THE CARDS BY FIFTEENS.
-
-After having well shuffled and cut the cards, or, as we have before
-said, had them cut, deal them out in two packs, containing sixteen
-cards in each. Desire the person consulting you to choose one of them;
-lay aside the first card, to form “the surprise;” turn up the other
-fifteen, and range them in a half-circle before you, going from left
-to right, placing them in the order in which they come to hand, and
-taking care to remark whether the one representing the person for whom
-you are acting be among them. If not, the cards must be all gathered
-up, shuffled, cut, and dealt as before, and this must be repeated until
-the missing card makes its appearance in the pack chosen by the person
-it represents. Now proceed to explain them--first, by interpreting
-the meaning of any pairs, triplets, or quartettes among them; then by
-counting them in sevens, going from right to left, and beginning with
-the card representing the person consulting you; and lastly, by taking
-the cards at either extremity of the line and pairing them. This being
-done, gather up the fifteen cards, shuffle, cut, and deal them so as
-to form three packs of each five cards. From each of these three packs
-withdraw the topmost card, and place them on the one laid aside to form
-“the surprise,” thus forming four packs of four cards each.
-
-Desire the person for whom you are acting to choose one of these packs,
-“for herself” or “himself,” as the case may be. Turn it up, and spread
-out the four cards it contains, from left to right, explaining their
-individual and relative signification. Next proceed in like manner with
-the pack on your left hand, which will be “for the house;” then the
-third one, “for those who do not expect it;” and lastly, “the surprise.”
-
-In order to render our meaning perfectly clear, we will give another
-example. Let us suppose that the pack for the person consulting you
-is composed of the Knave of Hearts, the Ace of Diamonds, the Queen of
-Clubs, and the Eight of Spades _reversed_. By the aid of the list of
-meanings we have given, it will be easy to interpret them as follows:
-
-“The Knave of Hearts is a gay young bachelor--the Ace of Diamonds--who
-has written, or will very soon write, a letter--the Queen of Clubs--to
-a dark woman--Eight of Spades reversed--to make proposals to her, which
-will not be accepted.”
-
-On looking back to the list of significations, it will be found to run
-thus:
-
-_Knave of Hearts._--A gay young bachelor, who thinks only of pleasure.
-
-_Ace of Diamonds._--A letter soon to be received.
-
-_Queen of Clubs._--An affectionate woman, but quick-tempered and touchy.
-
-_Eight of Spades._--If reversed, a marriage broken off, or offer
-refused.
-
-It will thus be seen that each card forms, as it were, a phrase from
-an assemblage of which nothing but a little practice is required to
-form complete sentences. Of this we will give a further example, by
-interpreting the signification of the three other packs--“for the
-house,” “for those who do not expect it,” and “the surprise.” The first
-of these, “for the house,” we will suppose to consist of the Queen of
-Hearts, the Knave of Spades _reversed_, the Ace of Clubs, and the Nine
-of Diamonds, which reads thus:
-
-“The Queen of Hearts is a fair woman, mild and amiable in disposition,
-who--Knave of Spades reversed--will be deceived by a dark, ill-bred
-young man--the Ace of Clubs--but she will receive some good news, which
-will console her--Nine of Diamonds--although it is probable that the
-news may be delayed.”
-
-The pack “for those who do not expect it,” consisting of the Queen of
-Diamonds, the King of Spades, the Ace of Hearts _reversed_, and the
-Seven of Spades, would signify:
-
-“The Queen of Diamonds is a mischief-making woman--the King of
-Spades--who is in league with a dishonest lawyer--Ace of Hearts
-reversed--they will hold a consultation together--Seven of Spades--but
-the harm they will do will soon be repaired.”
-
-Last comes “the surprise,” formed by, we will suppose, the Knave of
-Clubs, the Ten of Diamonds, the Queen of Spades, and the Nine of
-Spades, of which the interpretation is:
-
-“The Knave of Clubs is a clever, enterprising young man--Ten of
-Diamonds--about to undertake a journey--Queen of Spades--for the
-purpose of visiting a widow--Nine of Spades--but one or both of their
-lives will be endangered.”
-
-
-THE ITALIAN METHOD.
-
-Take a pack composed of thirty-two selected cards, viz., the Ace,
-King, Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven of each suit. Shuffle
-them well, and either cut or have them cut for you, according to
-whether you are acting for yourself or another person. Turn up the
-cards by threes, and when the triplet is composed of cards of the same
-suit, lay it aside; when of three different suits, pass it by without
-withdrawing any of the three; but when composed of two of one suit and
-one of another, withdraw the highest card of the two. When you have
-come to the end of the pack, gather up all the cards except those you
-have withdrawn; shuffle, cut, and again turn up by threes. Repeat this
-operation until you have obtained fifteen cards, which must then be
-spread out before you, from _left_ to _right_, in the order in which
-they come to hand.
-
-Care must, however, be taken that the card representing the person
-making the essay is among them; if not, the whole operation must be
-recommenced until the desired result is obtained. We will suppose it to
-be some dark lady--represented by the Queen of Clubs--who is anxious
-to make the attempt for herself, and that the cards are laid out in
-the following order, from left to right:--Ten of Diamonds, Queen of
-Clubs, Eight of Hearts, Ace of Diamonds, Ten of Hearts, Seven of Clubs,
-King of Spades, Nine of Hearts, Knave of Spades, Ace of Clubs, Seven
-of Spades, Ten of Spades, Seven of Diamonds, Ace of Spades, Knave of
-Hearts.
-
-On examining them, you will find that there are three Aces among them,
-announcing good news; but, as they are at some distance from each
-other, that the tidings may be some time before they arrive.
-
-The three tens denote that the conduct of the person consulting the
-cards has not always been strictly correct. The two Knaves are enemies,
-and the three Sevens predict an illness, caused by them.
-
-You now begin to count _five_ cards, beginning with the Queen of Clubs,
-who represents the person consulting you. The fifth card, being the
-Seven of Clubs, announces that the lady will soon receive a small sum
-of money. The next fifth card proving to be the Ace of Clubs, signifies
-that this money will be accompanied by some very joyful tidings. Next,
-comes the Ace of Spades, promising complete success to any projects
-undertaken by the person consulting the cards; then the Eight of
-Hearts, followed at the proper interval by the King of Spades, showing
-that the good news will excite the malice of a dishonest lawyer; but
-the Seven of Spades coming next announces that the annoyance he can
-cause will be of short duration, and that a gay fair young man--the
-Knave of Hearts--will soon console her for what she has suffered. The
-Ace of Diamonds tells that she will soon receive a letter from this
-fair young man--the Nine of Hearts--announcing a great success--Ten
-of Spades--but this will be followed by some slight chagrin--Ten of
-Diamonds--caused by a journey--Ten of Hearts--but it will soon pass,
-although--Knave of Spades--a bad, dark young man will endeavor--Seven
-of Diamonds--to turn her into ridicule. The Queen of Clubs, being
-representative of herself, shows that it is towards _her_ that the
-dark young man’s malice will be directed. Now take the cards at either
-extremity of the line, and pair them together. The two first being the
-Knave of Hearts and the Ten of Diamonds, you may say: “A gay young
-bachelor is preparing to take a journey--Ace of Spades and Queen of
-Clubs--which will bring him to the presence of the lady consulting
-the cards, and cause her great joy. Seven of Diamonds and Eight of
-Hearts--Scandal talked about a fair young girl. Ten of Spades and Ace
-of Diamonds--tears shed upon receipt of a letter. Seven of Spades and
-Ten of Hearts--great joy, mingled with slight sorrow. Seven of Clubs
-and Ace of Clubs--A letter promising money. Knave of Spades and King
-of Spades--the winning of a lawsuit. The Nine of Hearts, being the one
-card left, promises complete success.”
-
-Now gather up the cards, shuffle, cut, and deal them out in five
-packs--one for the lady herself, one for the house, one for “those who
-do not expect it,” one for “those who do expect it,” and one for “the
-surprise,” in the first deal, laying one card aside for “consolation.”
-The rest are then equally distributed among the other five packs, which
-will four of them contain three cards, whilst the last only consists of
-two.
-
-We will suppose the first packet for the lady herself to be composed
-of the Ace of Diamonds, the Seven of Clubs, and the Ten of Hearts. The
-interpretation would run thus:
-
-“Ace of Diamonds--a letter will be shortly received--Seven of
-Clubs--announcing the arrival of a small sum of money--Ten of
-Hearts--and containing some very joyful tidings.”
-
-The second pack, “for the house,” containing the King of Spades, the
-Nine of Hearts, and the Knave of Spades:
-
-“The person consulting the cards will receive a visit--King
-of Spades--from a lawyer--Nine of Hearts--which will greatly
-delight--Knave of Spades--a dark, ill-disposed young man.”
-
-The third pack, “for those who do not expect it,” composed of the Ace
-of Spades, the Knave of Hearts, and the Ace of Clubs, would read:
-
-“Ace of Spades--pleasure in store for--Knave of Hearts--a gay young
-bachelor--Ace of Clubs--by means of money; but as the Knave of Hearts
-is placed between two Aces, it is evident that he runs a great risk
-of being imprisoned; and from the two cards signifying respectively
-‘pleasure’ and ‘money,’ that it will be for having run into debt.”
-
-The fourth pack, “for those who do expect it,” containing the Eight of
-Hearts, the Queen of Clubs, and the Ten of Diamonds:
-
-“The Eight of Hearts--the love-affairs of a fair young girl will
-oblige--the Queen of Clubs--the person consulting the cards--Ten of
-Diamonds--to take a journey.”
-
-The fifth pack, “for the surprise,” consists of the Seven of Spades and
-the Ten of Spades, meaning:
-
-“Seven of Spades--slight trouble--Ten of Spades--caused by
-some person’s imprisonment--The Card of Consolation--Seven of
-Diamonds--which will turn out to have been a mere report.”
-
-
-PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE.
-
-The person wishing to try her fortune in this manner (we will suppose
-her to be a young, fair person, represented by the Eight of Hearts),
-must well shuffle, and cut with the left hand, the pack of thirty-two
-cards; after which she must lay aside the topmost and undermost cards,
-to form the surprise. There will now remain thirty cards, which must be
-dealt out in three parcels--one to the left, one in the middle, and one
-to the right.
-
-The left-hand pack represents the Past; the middle, the Present; and
-the one on the right hand, the Future. She must commence with the
-“Past,” which we will suppose to contain these ten cards: The King of
-Clubs, the Ace of Spades, the Knave of Diamonds, the Nine of Diamonds,
-the Ace of Hearts, the Knave of Hearts, the Queen of Hearts, the King
-of Spades, the Knave of Clubs, and the King of Hearts.
-
-She would remark that picture-cards predominating was a favorable sign;
-also that the presence of three Kings proved that powerful persons were
-interesting themselves in her affairs. The three Knaves, however, warn
-her to beware of false friends, and the Nine of Diamonds predicts some
-great annoyance, overcome by some good and amiable person, represented
-by the Queen of Hearts. The two Aces also give notice of a plot. Taking
-the cards in the order they lay, the explanation would run thus:
-
-“The King of Clubs--a frank, open-hearted man--Ace of Spades--fond of
-gayety and pleasure, is disliked by Knave of Diamonds--an unfaithful
-friend--Nine of Diamonds--who seeks to injure him. The Ace of
-Hearts--a love-letter--Knave of Hearts--from a gay young bachelor to
-a fair, amiable woman--Queen of Hearts--causes--King of Spades--a
-lawyer to endeavor to injure a clever--Knave of Clubs--enterprising
-young man, who is saved from him by--the King of Hearts--a good and
-powerful man. Nevertheless, as the Knave of Clubs is placed between two
-similar cards, he has run great risk of being imprisoned through the
-machinations of his enemy.”
-
-The second parcel, “the Present,” containing the Ten of Diamonds, the
-Nine of Spades, the Eight of Spades, the Queen of Diamonds, the Queen
-of Clubs, the Eight of Hearts, the Seven of Spades, the Ten of Spades,
-Queen of Spades, the Eight of Diamonds, signifies:
-
-“The Ten of Diamonds--a voyage or journey, at that moment taking
-place--Nine of Spades--caused by the death or dangerous illness of some
-one--Eight of Spades--whose state will occasion great grief--Queen of
-Diamonds--to a fair woman. The Queen of Clubs--An affectionate woman
-seeks to console--Eight of Hearts--a fair young girl, who is the person
-making the essay--Seven of Spades--who has secret griefs--Ten of
-Spades--causing her many tears--Queen of Spades--these are occasioned
-by the conduct of either a dark woman or a widow, who--Eight of
-Diamonds--is her rival.”
-
-The third packet of cards, “the Future,” we will suppose to contain the
-Eight of Clubs, the Ten of Clubs, the Seven of Diamonds, the Ten of
-Hearts, the Seven of Clubs, the Nine of Hearts, the Ace of Diamonds,
-the Knave of Spades, the Seven of Hearts, the Nine of Clubs, which
-would read thus:
-
-“In the first place, the large number of small cards foretells success
-in enterprises, although the presence of three sevens predicts an
-illness. The Eight of Clubs--a dark young girl--Ten of Clubs--is about
-to inherit a large fortune--Seven of Diamonds--but her satirical
-disposition will destroy--Ten of Hearts--all her happiness. Seven
-of Clubs--A little money and--Nine of Hearts--much joy--Ace of
-Hearts--will be announced to the person making the essay by a letter,
-and--Knave of Spades--a wild young man--Seven of Hearts--will be
-overjoyed at receiving--Nine of Clubs--some unexpected tidings.
-The cards of surprise--viz., the King of Diamonds and the Ace of
-Clubs--predict that a letter will be received from some military man,
-and that it will contain money.”
-
-
-THE STAR METHOD OF CONSULTING THE CARDS.
-
-We will suppose the person making the essay to be a widow, and
-consequently represented by the Queen of Spades. This card is,
-therefore, to be withdrawn from the pack, and laid, face uppermost,
-upon the table. The remaining thirty-one cards are then to be well
-shuffled, cut, the topmost card withdrawn and placed lengthwise, and
-face uppermost, above the head of the Queen of Spades. The cards are to
-be shuffled, cut, and the topmost card withdrawn, twelve more times,
-the manner of their arrangement being this: The Queen of Spades in the
-center, the first card lengthwise above her head, the second ditto
-at her feet, the third on her right side, the fourth on her left, the
-fifth placed upright above the first, the sixth ditto below the second,
-the seventh at the right of the third, the eighth at the left of the
-fourth, the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth, at the four corners,
-and the thirteenth across the center card--the Queen of Spades--thus
-forming a star.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-We will suppose these fourteen cards to be the Queen of Spades, which
-represents the person making the essay; then--1. The Ace of Hearts; 2.
-The King of Clubs; 3. The Ten of Clubs; 4. Nine of Diamonds; 5. Queen
-of Clubs; 6. The Eight of Hearts; 7. The Ten of Spades; 8. The Knave of
-Clubs; 9. The Seven of Clubs; 10. The Ten of Hearts; 11. The Knave of
-Diamonds; 12. The Eight of Diamonds; 13. The Nine of Clubs. These being
-placed at right angles, the person consulting them takes them up two by
-two, beginning with those last laid down.
-
-The first card, 12, the Eight of Diamonds, and the one in the
-_opposite_ corner, viz., 11, the Knave of Diamonds, read--“Overtures
-will be made--Knave of Diamonds--by a fair young man--next two
-cards, 10 and 9, Ten of Hearts--which will prove unsuccessful--Seven
-of Clubs--on account of something connected with money. Next two
-cards, 8 and 7, the Knave of Clubs--a clever, dark young man--Ten of
-Spades--will be greatly grieved by, 6--Eight of Hearts, a fair girl to
-whom he is attached. Next two cards, 5 and 4, the Queen of Clubs--A
-dark woman--Nine of Diamonds--will be annoyed at not receiving,
-3--Ten of Clubs--a sum of money--next two cards, 2 and 1, the King of
-Clubs--which was to have been sent her by a generous dark man, who is
-fond of obliging his friends--Ace of Hearts--it will at last arrive,
-accompanied by a love-letter--13th card, placed across the Queen of
-Spades, Nine of Clubs--and be the cause of unexpected gain to the
-person consulting the cards.” There is a shorter and simpler way of
-doing this, by surrounding the card representing the person trying his
-or her fortune, with a less number of cards.
-
-The cards are shuffled and cut as before described, and the topmost one
-withdrawn. We will suppose the center card to be the Knave of Clubs,
-representing a dark young man--the first topmost one proves to be the
-Ace of Clubs, and this is placed above the head of the Knave--the
-second, the Eight of Hearts, is placed at his feet--the third, the
-Knave of Diamonds, at his right side--the fourth, the Queen of Spades,
-on his left. These read--“Ace of Clubs--You will soon receive a letter,
-which will give you great pleasure--Eight of Hearts--from a fair
-girl. Knave of Diamonds--An unfaithful friend--Queen of Spades--and a
-malicious widow, will seek to injure you on that very account.”
-
-
-TO KNOW IF YOU WILL GET YOUR WISH.
-
-Shuffle the cards well, and cut, or have them cut, with the _left_
-hand. Then deal out thirteen cards. If among these is to be found one
-or more Aces lay them aside, shuffle and cut the remaining ones, and
-again deal thirteen; withdraw the Aces as before, and again shuffle,
-cut, and deal. If, in these three deals, all four aces make their
-appearance, you will get your wish. If all the Aces come at the first
-deal, the response is in the highest degree favorable.
-
-
-THE ENGLISH METHOD OF CONSULTING THE CARDS.
-
-Having described the French and Italian methods of consulting the
-cards, we will proceed to notice the manner in which the art of
-fortune-telling is generally practiced in England and Scotland.
-Hitherto only thirty-two cards have been made use of, but now the whole
-pack is employed. The significations also slightly differ; therefore we
-shall first give a complete list of them, and then pass on to describe
-how the cards are to be arranged, so as to disclose their mystic
-meanings.
-
-_Ace of Clubs._--Wealth, happiness, and peace of mind.
-
-_King of Clubs._--A dark man, upright, faithful, and affectionate in
-disposition.
-
-_Queen of Clubs._--A dark woman, gentle and pleasing.
-
-_Knave of Clubs._--A sincere, but hasty friend--also a dark man’s
-thoughts.
-
-_Ten of Clubs._--Unexpected riches, and loss of a dear friend.
-
-_Nine of Clubs._--Disobedience to friends’ wishes.
-
-_Eight of Clubs._--A covetous man--also warns against speculations.
-
-_Seven of Clubs._--Promises good fortune and happiness; but bids a
-person beware of the opposite sex.
-
-_Six of Clubs._--Predicts a lucrative business.
-
-_Five of Clubs._--A prudent marriage.
-
-_Four of Clubs._--Cautions against inconstancy or change of object for
-the sake of money.
-
-_Three of Clubs._--Shows that a person will be more than once married.
-
-_Two of Clubs._--A disappointment.
-
-_Ace of Diamonds._--A letter--from whom, and about what, is seen by the
-neighboring cards.
-
-_King of Diamonds._--A fair man, hot-tempered, obstinate, and
-revengeful.
-
-_Queen of Diamonds._--A fair woman, fond of company, and a coquette.
-
-_Knave of Diamonds._--A near relation, who considers only his own
-interests. Also a fair person’s thoughts.
-
-_Ten of Diamonds._--Money.
-
-_Nine of Diamonds._--Show that a person is fond of roving.
-
-_Eight of Diamonds._--A marriage late in life.
-
-_Seven of Diamonds._--Satire, evil speaking.
-
-_Six of Diamonds._--Early marriage and widowhood.
-
-_Five of Diamonds._--Unexpected news.
-
-_Four of Diamonds._--Trouble arising from unfaithful friends. Also a
-betrayed secret.
-
-_Three of Diamonds._--Quarrels, law-suits, and domestic disagreements.
-
-_Two of Diamonds._--An engagement, against the wishes of friends.
-
-_Ace of Hearts._--The house. If attended by Spades, it foretells
-quarreling--if by Hearts, affection and friendship--by Diamonds, money
-and distant friends--and Clubs, feasting and merry-making.
-
-_King of Hearts._--A fair man of good-natured disposition, but hasty
-and rash.
-
-_Queen of Hearts._--A fair woman, faithful, prudent, and affectionate.
-
-_Knave of Hearts._--The dearest friend of the consulting party. Also a
-fair person’s thoughts.
-
-_Ten of Hearts._--Is prophetic of happiness and many children--is
-corrective of the bad tidings of cards next to it, and confirms good
-ones.
-
-_Nine of Hearts._--Wealth and high esteem. Also the wish card.
-
-_Eight of Hearts._--Pleasure, company.
-
-_Seven of Hearts._--A fickle and false friend, against whom be on your
-guard.
-
-_Six of Hearts._--A generous but credulous person.
-
-_Five of Hearts._--Troubles caused by unfounded jealousy.
-
-_Four of Hearts._--A person not easily won.
-
-_Three of Hearts._--Sorrow caused by a person’s own imprudence.
-
-_Two of Hearts._--Great success; but equal care and attention needed to
-secure it.
-
-_Ace of Spades._--Great misfortune, spite.
-
-_King of Spades._--A dark, ambitious man.
-
-_Queen of Spades._--A malicious, dark woman--generally a widow.
-
-_Knave of Spades._--An indolent, envious person; a dark man’s thoughts.
-
-_Ten of Spades._--Grief, imprisonment.
-
-_Nine of Spades._--A card of very bad import, foretelling sickness and
-misfortune.
-
-_Eight of Spades._--Warns a person to be cautious in his undertakings.
-
-_Seven of Spades._--Loss of a friend, attended with much trouble.
-
-_Six of Spades._--Wealth through industry.
-
-_Five of Spades._--Shows that a bad temper requires correcting.
-
-_Four of Spades._--Sickness.
-
-_Three of Spades._--A journey.
-
-_Two of Spades._--A removal.
-
-Having given the signification of the various cards, we will now
-proceed to describe how they are to be employed. After having well
-shuffled, cut them three times, and lay them out in rows of nine cards
-each. Select any King or Queen you please to represent yourself;
-and wherever you find that card placed, count nine cards every way,
-reckoning it as one; and every ninth card will prove the prophetic one.
-Before, however, beginning to count, study well the disposition of the
-cards, according to their individual and relative signification. If a
-married woman consult the cards, she must make her husband the King of
-the same suit of which she is Queen; but if a single woman, she may
-make any favorite male friend King of whatever suit she pleases. As the
-Knaves of the various suits represent the _thoughts_ of the persons
-represented by the picture-cards of a corresponding color, they should
-also be counted from.
-
-
-TO TELL WHETHER YOU WILL GET YOUR WISH.
-
-To try whether you will get your wish, shuffle the cards well, all
-the time keeping your thoughts fixed upon whatever wish you may have
-formed; cut them once, and remark what card you cut; shuffle them
-again, and deal out into three parcels. Examine each of these in turn,
-and if you find the card you turned up next either the one representing
-yourself--the Ace of Hearts or the Nine of Hearts--you will get your
-wish. If it be in the same parcel with any of these, without being
-next them, there is a chance of your wish coming to pass at some more
-distant period; but if the Nine of Spades makes its appearance, you may
-count on being disappointed.
-
-
-
-
-GOOD AND BAD OMENS.
-
-
-The word omen is well known to signify a sign, good or bad, or a
-prognostic. It may be defined to be that indication of something
-future which we get as it were by accident, and without seeking for.
-A superstitious regard to omens seems anciently to have made very
-considerable additions to the common load of infelicity. They are in
-these enlightened days pretty generally disregarded, and we look back
-with perfect security and indifference on those trivial and truly
-ridiculous accidents which alternately afford matter of joy and sorrow
-to our ancestors. Omens appear to have been so numerous, that we must
-despair of ever being able to recover one-half of them, and to evince
-that in all ages men have been self-tormentors, the bad omens fill a
-catalogue infinitely more extensive than that of the good. An extensive
-set of omens has been taken from what first happens to one, or what
-animal or person one meets first in the morning, or at the commencement
-of an undertaking--the _first-foot_, as it is called. To stumble has
-been universally held to presage misfortune. Some semblance of a reason
-might be found for this belief, inasmuch as stumbling may be supposed
-to indicate that that self-possession and conscious courage, which
-are in themselves half a victory over circumstances, are lacking--the
-want of them, therefore, being half a defeat; but in most cases the
-interpretation seems altogether arbitrary. The dread of a hare crossing
-the path seems to be widely prevalent; while to see a wolf is a good
-omen. This feeling is probably a remnant of warlike times, when the
-timid hare suggested thoughts of cowardice and flight; while the bold
-wolf, sacred to Odin, was emblematic of victory. The character of the
-hare for being unlucky is also connected with the deep-rooted belief
-that witches are in the habit of transforming themselves into hares.
-That to meet an old woman is unlucky, is another very general belief,
-arising, without doubt, from the same causes that led to their being
-considered witches. In some places, women in general are unlucky as
-first-foot, with the singular exception of women of bad reputation.
-This belief prevailed as far back as the age of Chrysostom. Priests,
-too, are ominous of evil. If hunters of old met a priest or friar,
-they coupled up their hounds and went home in despair of any further
-sport that day. This superstition seems to have died out, except in
-the case of sailors, who still consider the clergy a “kittle cargo,”
-as a Scotch skipper expressed it, and anticipate a storm or mischance
-when they have a black coat on board. This seems as old as the prophet
-Jonah. Sneezing, likewise, has long been looked upon as supernatural,
-for this reason, that it is sudden, unaccountable, uncontrollable, and
-therefore ominous. The person is considered as possessed for the time,
-and a form of exorcism is used. A nurse would not think she had done
-her duty, if, when her charge sneezes, she did not say, “Bless the
-child,” just as the Greeks, more than two thousand years ago, said,
-“Zeus protect thee.”
-
-One general remark, however, it is important to make in regard to
-omens. An omen is not conceived to be a mere sign of what is destined
-to be--it is conceived as causing, in some mysterious way, the event
-it forebodes; and the consequence, it is thought, may be prevented by
-some counteracting charm. Thus the spilling of salt not only forebodes
-strife, but strife is conceived as the consequence of the spilling
-of the salt, and may be hindered by taking up the spilled salt, and
-throwing it over the left shoulder. Perhaps half the superstitious
-beliefs that yet survive among civilized and Christian communities
-group themselves round the subject of love and marriage--of such
-intense interest to all, yet so mysterious in its origin, and
-problematic in its issue. The liking or passion for one individual
-rather than any other is so unaccountable, that the God of Love has
-been fabled blind; it is of the nature of fascination, magic, spell.
-And then, whether happiness or the reverse shall be the result, seems
-beyond the reach of ordinary calculation. All is apparently given
-over to mystery, chance, fortune; and any circumstances may, for
-what we know, influence or indicate what fortune’s wheel shall bring
-round. Hence the innumerable ways of prognosticating which of two or
-more persons shall be first married, who or what manner of person
-shall be the future husband or wife, the number of children, etc. It
-is generally at particular seasons, as at the Eve of St. Agnes, and
-Halloween, that the veil of the future may thus be lifted.
-
-The observation of _lucky_ and _unlucky_ days was once an important
-matter, and was often the turning-point of great events. It is now
-mostly confined to the one subject of marriage. In fixing the wedding
-day, May among months and Friday among days are shunned by many people,
-both in educated and uneducated circles; for in this matter, which
-is the exclusive province of women, and in which sentiment and fancy
-are in every way so much more active than reason, the educated and
-uneducated are reduced to a level. We will give a large collection of
-omens, with their interpretation, having selected from all the best
-works on the subject, and will begin with “Good and Evil Days”:
-
-1. In an old MS., the writer, after stating that the most learned
-mathematicians have decided that the 1st of August, the 4th of
-September, and the 11th of March are most injudicious to let blood,
-and that philosophers have settled that the 10th of August, 1st
-of December, and 6th of April are perilous to those who surfeit
-themselves in eating and drinking, continues as follows, assigning
-reasons why certain days should be marked as infelicitous:
-
-“We read of an old Arabian philosopher, a man of divers rare
-observations, who did remark three Mundayes in a year to be most
-unfortunate either to let blood or begin any notable worke, viz., the
-first Munday of April, ye weh day Caine was borne, and his brother
-Abell slaine; the 2d is the first Munday of August, the which day Sodom
-and Gomorrha were confounded; the 3d is the last Munday of December,
-the which day Judas Iscariott was borne, who betrayed our Saviour Jesus
-Christ. These three dayes, together with the Innocents’ Day, by divers
-of the learned are reputed to be most unfortunate of all dayes, and
-ought to be eschewed by all men for ye great mishaps which often do
-occur in them.
-
-“And thus much concerning the opinion of our ancient of dayes. So in
-like manner I will repeat unto you certain dayes yt be observed by
-some old writers, chiefly the ancient astrologians, who did allege
-that there were 28 dayes in the yeare which were revealed by the
-Angel Gabriel to the good Joseph, which ever have been remarked to
-be very fortunate dayes either to purge, let bloud, cure wounds, use
-merchandises, sow seed, plant trees, build houses, or taking journies,
-in long or short voyages, in fighting or giving of battaile, or
-skirmishing. They also doe alledge that children who were borne in any
-of these dayes could never be poore; and all children who were put to
-schooles or colledges in those dayes should become great schollars,
-and those who were put to any craft or trade in such dayes should
-become perfect artificers and rich, and such as were put to trade in
-merchandise should become most wealthy. The dayes be these: the 3d
-and 13th of January, ye 5th and 28th of Feb., ye 3d, 22d, and 30th of
-March, the 5th, 22d, and 29th of April, ye 4th and 28th of May, ye 3d
-and 8th of June, the 12th, 18th, and 15th of July, ye 12th of August,
-ye 1st, 7th, 24th, and 28th of September, the 4th and 15th of October,
-ye 13th and 19th of Novr., ye 23d and 26th of December. And thus much
-concerning ye dayes which are by ye most curious part of ye learned
-remarked to be good and evill.”
-
-2. “Astronomers say that six days of the year are perilous of death;
-and therefore they forbid men to let blood of them, or take any drink;
-that is to say, January 3, July 1, October 2, the last of April, August
-4, the last day going out of December. These six days with great
-diligence ought to be kept, but namely [?mainly] the latter three,
-for all the veins are then full. For then, whether man or beast be
-knit in them within seven days, or certainly within fourteen days, he
-shall die. And if they take any drinks within fifteen days, they shall
-die; and if they eat any goose in three days, within forty days they
-shall die; and if any child be born in these three latter days, they
-shall die a wicked death. Astronomers and astrologers say that in the
-beginning of March, the seventh night, or the fourteenth day, let the
-blood of the right arm; and in the beginning of April, the 11th day,
-of the left arm; and in the end of May, 3d or 5th day, on whether arm
-thou wilt; and thus, of all the year, thou shalt orderly be kept from
-the fever, the falling gout, the sister gout, and loss of thy sight.”
-
-3. May has its fatalities; the notion that to be married in it is a
-bad omen is as old as the age of Ovid. This is not disregarded in the
-present day, which will explain the great number of marriages that take
-place late in April.
-
-It is remarkable that among the thirty-three sovereigns who have sat on
-the English throne since William the Conqueror, although each of the
-eleven months has witnessed the accession of one or more, the month of
-May has not been so fortunate--none having ascended the throne within
-its limits.
-
-4. Friday is not now generally considered an unlucky day, although
-many still hesitate before starting on a journey or getting married on
-Friday. The following facts, derived from history, show how little we
-have to dread “the fatal day:”
-
-“On Friday, August 21, 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed on his great
-voyage of discovery. On Friday, October 12, 1492, he first discovered
-land. On Friday, January 4, 1493, he sailed on his return to Spain,
-which, if he had not reached in safety, the happy result would never
-have been known which led to the settlement on this vast continent.
-On Friday, March 15, 1493, he arrived at Palos in safety. On Friday,
-November 22, 1493, he arrived at Hispaniola, in his second voyage to
-America. On Friday, June 13, 1494, he, though unknown to himself,
-discovered the continent of America. On Friday, March 5, 1496, Henry
-VIII. of England gave to John Cabot his commission, which led to the
-discovery of North America. This is the first American state-paper in
-England. On Friday, September 7, 1565, Melendez founded St. Augustine,
-the oldest town in the United States by more than forty years. On
-Friday, November 10, 1620, the _May-Flower_, with the Pilgrims, made
-the harbor of Province Town, and on the same day they signed that
-august compact, the forerunner of our present glorious constitution.
-On Friday, December 22, 1620, the Pilgrims made their final landing
-at Plymouth Rock. On Friday, February 22, George Washington, the
-father of American freedom, was born. On Friday, June 16, Bunker Hill
-was seized and fortified. On Friday, October 7, 1777, the surrender
-of Saratoga was made, which had such power and influence in inducing
-France to declare for our cause. On Friday, September 22, 1780, the
-treason of Arnold was laid bare, which saved us from destruction. On
-Friday, October 19, 1781, the surrender at Yorktown, the crowning glory
-of the American arms, occurred. On Friday, July 7, 1776, the motion in
-Congress was made by John Adams, seconded by Richard Henry Lee, that
-the United States colonies were, and of right ought to be, free and
-independent.”
-
-5. “Nail gifts” are white specks on the finger-nails; which, according
-to their respective situations, are believed to predict certain events,
-as indicated in the following couplet, which is repeated whilst
-touching the thumb and each finger in succession:
-
-  A gift, a friend, a foe,
-  A lover to come, a journey to go.
-
-Sometimes the augury is expressed in positive terms; as,
-
-  A gift on the thumb is sure to come:
-  A gift on the finger is sure to linger.
-
-This mode of prognostication is of long standing. Melton, in his
-“Astrologaster,” a very old work, giving a catalogue of many
-superstitious ceremonies, tells us that “to have yellow speckles in the
-nailes of one’s hands is a greate signe of death.” In Reed’s old plays
-we read:
-
-  “When yellow spots do on your hands appear,
-   Be certain then you of a corse shall hear.”
-
-6. Sneezing has been held ominous from times of the most remote
-antiquity.
-
-The comet of 590 was, according to some authors, the occasion of
-a custom, which is extensively diffused among all the nations of
-Christendom. In the year of this comet a frightful plague prevailed,
-which was alleged to be due to its influence. While the malady was at
-its height, a sneezing was frequently followed by death; whence the
-saying, _God bless you!_ with which, since that time, sneezers are
-saluted. St. Austin tells us that “the ancients were wont to go to
-bed again, if they sneezed while they put on their shoe.” Aristotle
-says: “Sneezing from noon to midnight was good, but from night to noon
-unlucky.”
-
-7. The custom of throwing an old shoe for good luck over or after the
-bride and bridegroom, upon their leaving the church, or the home of the
-bride, after the wedding, has, of late years, been as it were revived.
-It is, unquestionably, one of those demonstrations of good wishes which
-find their way in the commonest modes of expression. But, it is not
-confined to weddings; the propitiation extends to all prospective views
-of good fortune.
-
-It is related that an English cattle-dealer desired his wife to
-“trull her left shoe arter him,” when he started for Norwich to buy a
-lottery-ticket. As he drove off on his errand, he looked round to see
-if she practiced the charm, and consequently he received the shoe in
-his face, with such force as to black his eyes. He went, and bought his
-ticket, which turned up a prize of £600.
-
-8. The horse-shoe has been, from time immemorial, considered a
-protection from witchcraft and other ills; and has been nailed at the
-entrance of dwellings, to prevent the entrance of witches.
-
-Butler, in “Hudibras,” makes his conjurer chase away evil spirits by
-the horse-shoe; and Gay, in one of his Fables, makes a supposed witch
-complain:
-
-  “The horse-shoe’s nailed, each threshold’s guard.”
-
-Nelson the great English admiral, was of a credulous turn, had great
-faith in the luck of a horse-shoe, and one was nailed to the mast of
-the ship _Victory_. “Lucky Dr. James” attributed the success of his
-fever-powder to his finding a horse-shoe. When a poor apothecary,
-he was introduced to Newbery, of St. Paul’s church-yard, to vend
-the medicine for him. One Sunday morning, as James was on his way
-to Newbery’s country-house at Vauxhall, in passing over Westminster
-Bridge, seeing a horse-shoe lying in the road, and considering it to be
-a sign of good luck, he put the shoe into his pocket. As Newbery was a
-shrewd man, he became James’s agent for the sale of his fever-powder;
-whilst the doctor ascribed all his success to the horse-shoe, which he
-subsequently adopted as the crest upon his carriage. (See 62.)
-
-9. Cauls are little membranes found on some children, encompassing the
-head when born. This is thought a good omen to the child itself, and
-many believe that whoever obtains it by purchase will be fortunate and
-escape dangers. The caul is esteemed an infallible preservative against
-drowning, and is much sought after by sailors.
-
-10. Salt falling toward a person was considered formerly as a very
-unlucky omen. Something had either already happened to one of the
-family, or was shortly to befall the persons spilling it. It denotes
-also the quarreling of friends. It is thought, however, that the evil
-consequences arising from spilling salt may be averted by throwing a
-little of the salt over the left shoulder, or immediately eating a
-_pinch_ of it. In the “British Apollo,” published in London, 1708, we
-find the following in relation to the superstition:
-
-  “We’ll tell you the reason
-           Why spilling of salt
-           Is esteemed such a fault;
-   Because it doth everything season.
-           The antiques did opine,
-           ’Twas of friendship a sign,
-   So served it to guests in decorum;
-           And thought love decayed,
-           When the negligent maid
-   Let the saltcellar tumble before them.”
-
-11. The casual putting the left shoe on the right foot, or the right on
-the left, was thought in old times to be the forerunner of some unlucky
-accident. Scott, in his “Discovery of Witchcraft,” tells us: “He that
-receiveth a mischance will consider whether he put not on his shirt
-wrong side outwards, or his left shoe on his right foot.” Thus Butler
-in his “Hudibras”:
-
-  “Augustus, having b’ oversight,
-   Put on his left shoe ’fore his right,
-   Had like to have been slain that day.
-   By soldiers mutiny’ng for pay.”
-
-Similar to this is putting on one stocking with the wrong side outward,
-without design; though changing it alters the luck; and if you
-accidentally put on any garment wrong side out, and make a wish before
-changing it, the wish will come true.
-
-12. To arise on the _right_ side is accounted lucky. In the old play of
-the “Dumb Knight,” published 1633, Act iv., Scene 1, Alphonso says:
-
-  “Sure I said my prayers, _rose on my right side_,
-   Washed my hands and eyes, put on my girdle last;
-   Sure I met no splay-footed baker,
-   No hare did cross me, nor no bearded witch,
-   Nor other ominous sign.” (See 27.)
-
-13. When the nose itches, it is a sign that you will have company visit
-you the same day. In Melton’s “Astrologaster,” No. 27, it is observed
-“that when a _man’s nose itcheth_ it is a sign he shall drink wine;”
-and in No. 28, that, “if _your lips itch_, it is a sign you shall kisse
-somebody.”
-
-14. The nose falling a-bleeding appears, by the following passage from
-an old play, to have been an omen of bad luck:
-
-  “How superstitiously we mind our evils!
-   The throwing down of salt, or crossing of a hare,
-   _Bleeding at nose_, the stumbling of a horse,
-   Or singing of a cricket, are of power
-   To daunt whole man in us.” (See 27 and 40.)
-
-15. Washing the hands, says Grose, in the same basin, or with the same
-water, that another person has washed in, is extremely unlucky, as the
-parties will infallibly quarrel.
-
-16. Candle omens are very numerous. Melton, in his “Astrologaster,”
-says: “If a candle burne blue, it is a signe that there is a spirit in
-the house, or not farre from it.” A collection of tallow, says Grose,
-rising up against the wick of a candle, is styled a winding sheet, and
-deemed an omen of death in the family.
-
-A spark at the candle, says the same author, denotes that the party
-opposite to it will shortly receive a letter. A kind of fungus in the
-candle, observes the same writer, predicts the visit of a stranger from
-the part of the country nearest the object. Others say it implies the
-arrival of a parcel. (See 59.)
-
-Dr. Goldsmith, in his “Vicar of Wakefield,” speaking of the waking
-dreams of his hero’s daughters, says: “The girls had their omens too;
-they saw rings in the candles.”
-
-17. In the “Secret Memoirs of the late Mr. Duncan Campbell,” published
-in London, 1732, the author says: “I have seen people who, after
-writing a _letter_, have prognosticated to themselves the ill success
-of it, if by any accident it happened to fall to the ground; others
-have seemed as impatient and exclaiming against their want of thought,
-if through haste or forgetfulness they have chanced to hold it before
-the fire to dry; but the mistake of a word in it is a sure omen that
-whatever requests it carries shall be refused.”
-
-18. If two spoons are accidentally placed in a cup or saucer at table,
-it signifies a wedding will soon take place in the family.
-
-19. To have a picture drop out of its frame, or to have a precious
-stone or any ornament drop from its setting while wearing or using it,
-is a bad omen.
-
-Stow, in his _Chronicle_, relates that the silver cross which was wont
-to be carried before Wolsey fell out of its socket, and was like to
-have knocked out the brains of one of his servants. A very little while
-after came in a messenger, and arrested the cardinal before he could
-get out of the house.
-
-20. The removal of a long-worn ring from the finger was thought unlucky
-in Elizabeth’s time; for the Queen, in her last illness (says Baker),
-commanded the ring to be filed off her finger, wherewith she was so
-solemnly at first inaugurated into the kingdom, and since that time had
-never taken it off; it being grown into the flesh of the finger in such
-a manner that it could not be drawn off without filing.
-
-21. There is an omen called “Setting the New Year in,”--that if the
-kindly office is performed by some one with _dark_ hair, good fortune
-will smile on the household; while it augurs ill if a _light-haired_
-person is the first to enter the house in the New Year.
-
-22. It is a very ancient superstition that all sudden pains of the
-body, and other sensations which could not naturally be accounted
-for, were presages of somewhat that was shortly to happen. Shakspeare
-alludes to this in the following lines from Macbeth:
-
-  “By the pricking of my thumbs,
-   Something wicked this way comes.”
-
-23. In olden times, the cat sneezing appears to have been considered as
-a lucky omen to a bride who was to be married the next day.
-
-24. Small spiders, termed _money spinners_, are held by many to
-prognosticate good luck, if they are not destroyed or injured, or
-removed from the person on whom they are first observed. In the “Secret
-Memoirs” of Mr. Duncan Campbell, in the chapter of omens, we read that
-“others have thought themselves secure of receiving money, if by chance
-a little spider fell upon their clothes.” (See 33.)
-
-25. It is extremely unlucky, says Grose, to kill a lady-bug, a swallow,
-robin redbreast, or wren. There is a particular distich, he adds, in
-favor of the robin and wren:
-
-  “A robin and a wren
-   Are God Almighty’s cock and hen.”
-
-Persons killing any of the above-named birds or insects, or destroying
-their nests, will infallibly, within the course of the year, break a
-bone, or meet with some other dreadful misfortune. On the contrary, it
-is deemed lucky to have swallows build their nests in the eaves of a
-house, or in the chimneys.
-
-In an old pastoral published in London, 1770, the following occurs:
-
-  “I found a _robin’s nest_ within our shed,
-   And in the barn a _wren_ had young ones bred.
-   I never take away their nest, nor try
-   To catch the old ones, lest a friend should die.
-   Dick took a wren’s nest from his cottage side,
-   And ere a twelvemonth past his mother dy’d.”
-
-26. It is deemed very unlucky to hear a screech-owl at night. “If an
-owl,” says Bourne, “which is reckoned a most abominable and unlucky
-bird, send forth its hoarse and dismal voice, it is the omen of the
-approach of some terrible thing--that some dire calamity and some great
-misfortune is at hand.” (See 56.)
-
-This omen occurs in Chaucer:
-
-  “The jelous swan, ayenst hys deth that singeth,
-   The _oule_ eke, that of deth the bode bringeth.”
-
-The following lines occur in the old pastoral before quoted in 25:
-
-  “Within my cot, where quiet gave me rest,
-   Let the dread screech-owl build her hated nest,
-   And from my window o’er the country send
-   Her midnight screams to bode my latter end.”
-
-27. It has always been considered a very bad omen to have a hare
-(see 14), sow, or weasel cross your path when going on a journey or
-to business. Melton, in his “Astrologaster,” says, that “it is a
-very unfortunate thing for a man to meete early in the morning an
-ill-favored man or woman, a rough-footed hen, a shag-haired dog, or a
-black cat.” Shaw, in his “History of Money,” tells us that the ancient
-Scots much regarded omens in their expeditions; an armed man or a wolf
-meeting them was a good omen; if a woman barefoot crossed the road
-before them, they seized her and fetched blood from her forehead; if a
-deer, fox, hare, or any kind of game appeared, and they did not kill
-it, it was an unlucky omen. We gather from a remarkable book, entitled
-“The School-master,” published in London, 1583, that in the ages of
-chivalry it was thought unlucky to meet with a priest, if a man was
-going forth to war or a tournament.
-
-The following superstitions among the Malabrians are related in
-Phillips’s account of them, published in 1717: “It is interpreted as a
-very bad sign if a blind man, a Bramin, or a washerwoman meets one on
-the way; as also when one meets a man with an empty panel, or when one
-sees an oil mill, or if a man meets us with his head uncovered, or when
-one hears a weeping voice, or sees a cat or fox crossing the way, or a
-dog running on his right hand, or when a poor man or a widow meets us
-on our way, or when we are called back.” (See 37.)
-
-Gaule, in his “Mag-astromancers Posed and Puzzel’d,” holds it as
-a vain observation “to bode good or bad luck from the rising up on
-the right or left side (see 12); from lifting the left leg over the
-threshold, at first going out of doors; from the meeting of a beggar or
-a priest the first in a morning; the meeting of a virgin or a harlot
-first; the running in of a child between two friends; the justling one
-another at unawares; one treading upon another’s toes; to meet one
-fasting that is lame or defective in any member; to wash in the same
-water with another.” (See 15.)
-
-28. To walk under a ladder portends disappointment.
-
-29. To comb your hair after dark is also a sign of disappointment.
-
-30. If a young lady loses her garter, it presages that she has an
-inconstant lover; therefore, O lady, when thou hast this ill augury,
-look about thee, and become the happy possessor of two strings to thy
-bow, or, what is the same thing, two beaus to thy string.
-
-N. B.--Rich or very good-looking young ladies may treat the above with
-disdain.
-
-31. If you sing before breakfast, it denotes that you will cry before
-supper.
-
-32. To drop a dish-cloth, duster, or any cleaning cloth, signifies the
-arrival of one or more visitors.
-
-33. If a spider, in weaving his web in some high place, comes downward
-before your face, you may look for money from some unexpected source.
-(See 24.)
-
-34. If you make a rhyme involuntarily, before speaking again make a
-wish, and it will be fulfilled.
-
-35. When you sleep in a strange bed, remember your dream and tell it
-before breakfast. Observing these precautions, the dream will probably
-come to pass.
-
-36. To break a needle while making a garment, is a sign that the owner
-will live to wear it out.
-
-37. If you return after starting on a journey, it signifies bad luck.
-(See 27.)
-
-38. To remove a cat, with a family when changing residence, will bring
-bad luck.
-
-39. If a vacant rocking-chair is rocked violently, the next person who
-sits in it will be in danger of being ill within the year.
-
-40. It is a lucky sign to have crickets in the house. Grose says it is
-held extremely unlucky to kill a cricket, perhaps from the idea of its
-being a breach of hospitality, this insect taking refuge in houses. The
-voice of a cricket, says the “Spectator,” has struck more terror than
-the roaring of a lion.
-
-The following line occurs in Dryden’s and Lee’s “Œdipus:”
-
-  “Owls, ravens, _crickets_, seem the watch of death.”
-
-Melton says that “it is a signe of death to some in that house where
-crickets have been many yeares, if on a sudden they forsake the
-chimney.” (See 14.)
-
-41. It is said that a married person will not get rich until the
-wedding clothes are worn out. It is also said to be a sign that one
-will fail to get rich who tries to see to work between daylight and
-dark.
-
-42. It is a bad omen to postpone a marriage after the time positively
-appointed.
-
-43. If your right ear burns or itches, it is a sign that some absent
-person is speaking well of you; your left ear burning, signifies that
-you are being spoken ill of.
-
-44. The superstition has become almost universal, that the ticking of a
-little insect called the “death-watch,” presages the death of some one
-in the house.
-
-“How many people have I seen in the most terrible palpitations, for
-months together, expecting every hour the approach of some calamity,
-only by a little worm, which breeds in an old wainscot, and,
-endeavoring to eat its way out, makes a noise like the movement of a
-watch!”--_Secret Memoirs of the late Mr. Duncan Campbell_, 1732.
-
-The following witty account of this superstition, by Dean Swift,
-furnishes us with a charm to avert the omen:
-
-                      ----“A wood-worm
-  That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form,
-  With teeth or with claws it will bite, or will scratch,
-  And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch,
-  Because, like a watch it always cries click;
-  Then woe be to those in the house who are sick;
-  For as sure as a gun they will give up the ghost,
-  If the maggot cries click, when it scratches the post.
-  But a kettle of boiling hot water injected
-  Infallibly cures the timber affected;
-  The omen is broken, the danger is over,
-  The maggot will die, and the sick will recover.”
-
-45. If a knife, scissors, or any sharp-pointed instrument is dropped,
-and stands, sticking in the floor, company may be expected.
-
-46. The right hand itching is a sign that the person will shake hands
-with a stranger; the left hand itching is a sign that money will be
-received soon.
-
-47. If you sing during any meal, it is a sign you will soon be
-disappointed.
-
-48. To cross a funeral procession is an ill omen.
-
-49. To find a pearl in an oyster betokens good fortune.
-
-50. To break a looking-glass foretells death. Grose tells us that
-“breaking a looking-glass betokens a mortality in the family, commonly
-the master.” Bonaparte’s (Napoleon I.) superstition upon this point
-is often recorded. “During one of his campaigns in Italy,” says M.
-de Constant, “he broke the glass over Josephine’s portrait. He never
-rested till the return of the courier he forthwith dispatched to assure
-himself of her safety, so strong was the impression of her death upon
-his mind.”
-
-51. To find a trefoil, or four-leaved clover, implies good luck; a
-five-leaved clover, bad luck. Melton, in his “Astrologaster,” says that
-“if a man walking in the fields, finde any foure-leaved grasse, he
-shall, in a small while after, finde some good thing.”
-
-52. If four persons cross hands while in the act of shaking hands, it
-indicates that two of the party will soon be married.
-
-53. If three unmarried persons having the same Christian name meet at
-table, it is a sign that one of the three will be married within a year.
-
-54. To be startled by a snake is a sign of sickness.
-
-55. When thirteen persons sit down together at table, it is a sign that
-one of the party will die within a year. Fosbroke, in his _Encyclopædia
-of Antiquities_, states that “thirteen in company was considered
-an unlucky number by the ancient Romans;” but he does not give any
-classical authority for this statement.
-
-There is at Dantzic a clock, which at 12 admits, through a door,
-Christ and the eleven, shutting out Judas, who is admitted at 1. But
-is not the belief older than the clock? The iniquity of Judas may have
-led him to be considered the thirteenth at the Lord’s Supper; and
-his self-destruction may have given to the number thirteen its fatal
-association.
-
-It has, however, been explained away by M. Quetelet, in his work on
-_Probabilities_ as follows: “If the probability be required, that out
-of thirteen persons, of different ages, one of them, at least, shall
-die within a year, it will be found that the chances are about one to
-one that one death, at least, will occur. This calculation, by means
-of a false interpretation, has given rise to the prejudice, no less
-ridiculous, that the danger will be avoided by inviting a greater
-number of guests, which can only have the effect of augmenting the
-probability of the event so much apprehended.”
-
-This belief obtains in Italy and Russia, as well as in England. Moore,
-in his _Diary_, vol. ii., p. 206, mentions there being thirteen at
-dinner, one day, at Madame Catalani’s, when a French countess, who
-lived with her up-stairs, was sent for to remedy the grievance.
-
-“Lord L(ansdowne) said he had dined once abroad with Count Orloff, and
-perceived he did not sit down at dinner, but kept walking from chair
-to chair; he found afterward it was because the Narishken were at
-table, who, he knew, would rise instantly if they perceived the number
-thirteen, which Orloff would have made by sitting down himself.” (See
-63.)
-
-56. If a dog bays under your window at night, it portends sickness or
-death.
-
-Shakspeare ranks this among omens. In the play of Henry VI., he says:
-
-  “The owl shrieked at thy birth; an evil sign!
-   The night-crow cry’d, aboding luckless time;
-   _Dogs howl’d_, and hideous tempests shook down trees.”
-
-57. The howling of dogs, says Grose, is a certain sign that some one of
-the family will very shortly die.
-
-The following passage is in the “Merry Devil” of Edmonton, 1631:
-
-            “I hear the watchful dogs
-  With hollow howling tell of thy approach.”
-
-58. If you break your shoe-string, look out for your sweetheart, for
-she will bestow her love upon a stranger.
-
-59. A flake of soot hanging at the bars of the grate, denotes the
-visit of a stranger, like the fungus of a candle, from the part of the
-country nearest the object.
-
-Dr. Goldsmith, in his “Vicar of Wakefield,” among the omens of his
-hero’s daughters, tells us “purses bounded from the fire.” In some
-parts of England, the cinders that bound from the fire are carefully
-examined by old women and children, and according to their respective
-forms are called either _coffins_ or _purses_; and consequently thought
-to be presages of death or wealth.
-
-A coal, says Grose, in the shape of a coffin, flying out of the fire
-towards any particular person, betokens their death not far off.
-
-Cowper alludes to this superstition in the following lines in his
-“Winter Evening:”
-
-  “Me oft has fancy, ludicrous and wild,
-   Sooth’d with a waking dream of _houses_, _towers_,
-   _Trees_, _churches_, and strange visages express’d
-   _In the red cinders_, while with poring eye
-   I gazed, myself creating what I saw.
-   Nor less amused have I quiescent watch’d
-   _The sooty films that play upon the bars,_
-   _Pendulous, and foreboding_ in the view
-   Of superstition, _prophesying still_,
-   Though still deceived, some stranger’s near approach.”
-
-60. To drop a slice of bread, with the buttered side down, is a sign
-that a visitor will come hungry.
-
-61. To eat up all the food which is on the table at tea-time, is a sign
-that the morrow will be a fair day.
-
-62. In olden times it was not considered a good omen to find money.
-Melton says that “it is a sign of ill-luck to find money.” We have seen
-superstitious people, at the present day, keep for luck any piece of
-money they found, but Greene, in his “Art of Cony-Catching,” a very old
-work, tells us: “’Tis ill luck to keep found money.” Therefore it must
-be spent. Mason, in his “Anatomie of Sorcerie,” 1612, enumerating our
-superstitions, mentions as one omen of good luck, “if drink be spilled
-upon a man: or if he find old iron.” Hence it is accounted a lucky omen
-to find a _horseshoe_. (See 8.)
-
-63. The ancients thought there was luck in odd numbers. In setting a
-hen, says Grose, the good women hold it as an indispensible rule to
-put an odd number of eggs. All sorts of remedies are ordered to be
-taken, three, seven, or nine times. Salutes of cannon consist of an odd
-number. Notwithstanding these opinions in favor of odd numbers, the
-number thirteen is considered very ominous. (See 55.)
-
-
-CONCLUDING REMARKS.
-
-The belief in omens has existed in all ages and countries, and traces
-of it linger even yet in the most civilized communities, in the dread,
-for instance, that many entertain of sitting down to table in a party
-of thirteen. Not a little of the philosophy of omens is contained in
-the Scottish proverb: “Them who follow freits, freits follow;” meaning
-that a fantastic belief in impending evil paralyzes the endeavor that
-might prevent it.
-
-There are few omens, perhaps none, which are not universal in their
-authority, though every land in turn fancies them (like its proverbs)
-of local prescription and origin. The death-watch extends from America
-to Cashmere, and across India diagonally to the remotest nook of
-Bengal, over three thousand miles distance from the entrance of the
-Indian Punjaub. A hare crossing a man’s path, on starting in the
-morning, has been held in all countries alike to prognosticate evil in
-the course of that day.
-
-
-
-
-WEATHER OMENS.
-
-
-FOR FINE AND DRY WEATHER OF LONG CONTINUANCE.
-
-1. If the wind be north, north-west, or east, then veer to the
-north-east, remain there two or three days without rain, and then veer
-to the south without rain; and if thence it change quickly, though
-perhaps with a little rain, to the north-east, and remain there--such
-fine weather will last occasionally for two months.
-
-2. If there be dry weather with a weak south wind for five, six, or
-seven days, it having previously blown strongly from the same quarter.
-
-3. If spiders in spinning their webs, make the terminating filaments
-long, we may, in proportion to their length, conclude that the weather
-will be serene, and continue so for ten or twelve days.
-
-4. If there are no falling stars to be seen on a bright summer’s
-evening, you may look for fine weather.
-
-5. If there be a change from continued stormy or wet to clear and dry
-weather, at the time of new or full moon, or a short time before or
-after, and so remain until the second day of the new or full moon, it
-is likely to remain fine till the following quarter; and if it change
-not then, or only for a very short time, it usually lasts until the
-following new or full moon; and if it does not change then, or only for
-a very short time, it is likely to continue fine and dry for four or
-five weeks.
-
-6. If there be a change of weather at the time of the quarters, &c.
-(under the same circumstances as in No. 5), it will probably last for
-some time.
-
-7. Spiders generally alter their webs once in 24 hours; if they do this
-between six and seven in the evening, there will be a fine night; if
-they alter their web in the morning, a fine day; if they work during
-rain, expect fine weather; and the more active and busy the spider is,
-the finer will be the weather.
-
-8. If near the full moon there be a general mist before sunrise; or
-
-9. If there be a sheep-sky, or white clouds driving to the north-west,
-it will be fine for some days.
-
-
-FOR FOUL AND WET WEATHER.
-
-10. If the sun rise pale, or pale-red, or even dark-blue, there will be
-_rain during the day_.
-
-11. If the clouds at sunrise be red, there will be _rain the following
-day_.
-
-12. If at sunrise many dark clouds are seen in the west, and remain,
-there will be _rain on that day_.
-
-13. If the sun rise covered with a dark-spotted cloud; _rain the same
-day_.
-
-14. If in the winter there be a red sky at sunrise; _steady rain same
-day_; in summer, _showers and wind_.
-
-15. If the sun set in dark heavy clouds; _rain next day_.
-
-16. But if it rain directly; _wind the following day_.
-
-17. If the sun set pale or purple; _rain or wind the following day_.
-
-18. If the sun set, and there be a very red sky in the east, _wind_; in
-the south-east, _rain_.
-
-19. If long strips of clouds drive at a slow rate high in the air, and
-gradually become larger, the sky having been previously clear, there
-will be wet.
-
-20. If there be many falling stars on a clear evening, in the summer,
-there will be _thunder_.
-
-21. If there be a change of the wind from the north-west or west, to
-the south-west or south, or else from the north-east or east, to the
-south-east or south; _wet_.
-
-22. If the sun burn more than usual, or there be a halo round the sun
-during fine weather; _wet_.
-
-23. If it rain and the sun shine; _showers_.
-
-24. If the full moon rise pale; _wet_.
-
-25. If the full moon rise red; _wind_.
-
-26. If the stars appear larger, and closer, and flicker; _rain or wind_.
-
-27. If small white clouds, with rough edges, be seen to gather
-together; _there will be wind_.
-
-28. Before thunder it often begins to blow.
-
-29. If there be a fleecy sky, unless driving north-west; _wet_.
-
-30. If clouds at different heights float in different directions.
-
-31. If an assemblage of large or small clouds spread out, or become
-thicker and darker.
-
-32. If clouds suddenly appear in the south.
-
-33. If the lower clouds drive more from the south than those above.
-
-34. If there be rain about two hours after sunrise, it will be followed
-by _showers_.
-
-35. If there be a damp fog or mist, accompanied with wind; _wet_.
-
-36. If there be a halo round the moon, in fine weather; and the larger
-the circle, the nearer the _rain_.
-
-37. If the stars above 45 degrees, especially the North Star, flicker
-strongly and appear closer than usual, there will be _rain_.
-
-38. If the morning be clear and sunny, in summer or autumn, there will
-be _rain_.
-
-39. If the fields in the morning be covered with a heavy wet fog, it
-will _generally rain within two or three days_.
-
-40. “A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd’s warning.”
-
-
-FOR STORM.
-
-41. If the clouds be of different heights, the sky above being grayish
-or dirty blue, with hardly any wind stirring; the wind, however,
-changing from W. to S., or sometimes to S. E., without perceptibly
-increasing in force.
-
-42. If there be a clouded sky, and dark clouds driving fast (either
-with the wind or more from the south), under the higher clouds, violent
-gusts of wind.
-
-43. If there be long points, tails, or feathers hanging from thunder
-or rain-clouds, five, six, or more degrees above the horizon, with
-little wind in summer, thunder may be expected; but the storm will be
-generally of short duration.
-
-44. If there be a light blue sky, with thin, light, flying clouds,
-whilst the wind goes to the south without much increase in force; or a
-dirty-blue sky, where no clouds are to be seen; storm.
-
-45. If the sun be seen double, or more times reflected in the clouds,
-expect a heavy storm.
-
-46. If the sun set with a very red sky in the east, expect stormy wind.
-
-47. If two or three rings be seen round the moon, which are spotted and
-spread out, expect a storm of long continuance.
-
-48. If porpoises and whales sport about ships.
-
-49. If sea-gulls and other birds fly inland.
-
-50. Storms are most frequent in December, January and February. In
-September, there are generally one or two storms. If it blow in the
-day, it generally hushes toward evening; but if it continue blowing
-then, it may be expected to continue. The vernal equinoctial gales are
-stronger than the autumnal.
-
-
-FOR THUNDER AND HEAVY RAIN.
-
-51. If long horizontal strips appear with two or three edges spreading
-out at top into feathers, and passing over the middle of other clouds,
-generally there will be thunder.
-
-52. If the clouds be uniformly black, or dark gray.
-
-53. In May and July it thunders most; in May, expect thunder with a
-south-west wind.
-
-54. If there be north-east or easterly wind in the spring, after a
-strong increase of heat, and small clouds appear in different parts of
-the sky; or if the wind change from east to south at the appearance of
-clouds preceded by heat.
-
-55. If a morning fog form into clouds, at different heights, which
-increase in size and drive in layers.
-
-56. If clouds float at different heights and rates, but generally in
-opposite directions.
-
-57. If there be many “falling stars” on a fine summer’s eve.
-
-58. If there be sheet lightning, with a clear sky, on spring, summer,
-and autumn evenings.
-
-59. If the wind be hushed with sudden heat.
-
-60. If clover contract its leaves.
-
-61. If there be thunder in the evening, there will be much rain and
-showery weather.
-
-
-FOR THE APPROACH OF THUNDER.
-
-62. If an east wind blow against a dark heavy sky from the westward,
-the wind decreasing in force as the clouds approach.
-
-63. If the clouds rise and twist in different directions.
-
-64. If the birds be silent.
-
-65. If cattle run round and collect together in the meadows.
-
-
-FOR CONTINUED THUNDER SHOWERS.
-
-66. If there be showery weather, with sunshine, and increase of heat
-in the spring, a thunder storm may be expected every day, or at least
-every other day.
-
-
-ABATEMENT OF THUNDER STORMS.
-
-67. If the air be very dry, with clear, yet cooler weather; or if one
-or two following days the atmosphere be heavy, with a little damp
-falling.
-
-68. With a north wind it seldom thunders; but with a south and
-south-west wind, often.
-
-
-FOR COLDER WEATHER.
-
-69. If the wind change to the north and north-east.
-
-70. If the wind change, _in summer only_, to the north-west.
-
-71. If the wind shift to the east _in summer only_.
-
-72. If the wind shift from south to south-east _in winter_.
-
-
-FOR INCREASE OF WARMTH OR HEAT.
-
-73. If the wind shift round to the south and south-west.
-
-74. If the wind change from east, north-east, or north, to north-west
-and west, _in the winter_.
-
-75. If the wind change to the east, _in summer only_; especially if
-from north-east.
-
-76. If the wind change to south-east, _especially in summer_.
-
-
-FOR FROST.
-
-77. If birds of passage arrive early from colder climates.
-
-78. If the cold increase _whilst it snows_, as soon as it begins to
-freeze.
-
-79. If the wind blow north-east _in winter_.
-
-80. If the ice crack much, expect the frost to continue.
-
-81. If the mole dig his hole two feet and a half deep, _expect a very
-severe winter_. If two feet deep, not so severe; one foot deep, a mild
-winter.
-
-82. If water-fowl or sparrows make more noise than usual; also if
-robins approach nearer houses than usual; _frost_.
-
-83. If there be a dark, gray sky, with a south wind.
-
-84. If there be continued fogs.
-
-85. If the fire burn unusually fierce and bright in winter there will
-be frost and clear weather; if the fire burn dull, expect damp and rain.
-
-
-FOR THAW.
-
-86. If snow fall in flakes, which increase in size.
-
-87. If the heat increase in the afternoon, or suddenly before twelve
-o’clock.
-
-88. If clouds drive up high from the south, south-west, or west.
-
-89. If it freeze, and the barometer fall 20 or 30 hundredths.
-
-
-
-
-HYMEN’S LOTTERY.
-
-
-Let each one present deposit any sum agreed on, but of course some
-trifle; put a complete pack of fifty-two cards, well shuffled, in a bag
-or reticule. Let the party stand in a circle, and the bag being handed
-around, each draw three cards. Pairs of any are favorable omens of
-some good fortune about to occur to the party, and gets back from the
-pool the sum that each agreed to pay. The king of hearts is here made
-the god of love, and claims double, and gives a faithful swain to the
-fair one who has the good fortune to draw him; if Venus, the queen of
-hearts, is with him, it is the conquering prize, and clears the pool;
-fives and nines are reckoned crosses and misfortunes, and pay a forfeit
-of the sum agreed on to the pool, besides the usual stipend at each new
-game; three nines at one draw shows the lady will be an old maid; three
-fives, a bad husband.
-
-
-
-
-LIST OF UNLUCKY DAYS,
-
-
-_Which, to those Persons being males born on them, will generally prove
-unfortunate._
-
-  January, 3, 4.
-  February, 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20.
-  March, 5, 6, 12, 13.
-  May, 12, 13, 20, 21, 26, 27.
-  June, 1, 2, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24.
-  July, 3, 4, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18.
-  October, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 31.
-  November, 1, 3.
-
-Almost all persons (being of the male sex) that are born on the days
-included in the foregoing table, will, in a greater or less degree
-suffer, not only by pecuniary embarrassment and losses of property,
-but will also experience great distress and anxiety of mind, much
-dissatisfaction, dissension, and unhappiness in their family affairs,
-much dissatisfaction to each other among the married ones (indeed few
-of them can ever be happy in the married state), trouble about their
-children, daughters forming unfortunate attachments, and a variety of
-untoward events of other descriptions which our limits do not allow
-us to particularize. The influence of these days are of a quality and
-tendency calculated to excite in the minds of persons born on them, an
-extraordinary itch for speculation, to make changes in their affairs,
-commence new undertakings of various kinds, but all of them will tend
-nearly to one point, loss of property and pecuniary embarrassments.
-Such persons who embark their capital on credit in new concerns or
-engagements, will be likely to receive checks or interruptions to
-the progress of their schemes or undertakings. Those who enter into
-engagements intended to be permanent, whether purchases, leases,
-partnerships, or in short any other speculation of a description which
-cannot readily be transferred or got rid of will dearly _repent their
-bargains_.
-
-They will find their affairs from time to time much interrupted and
-agitated, and experience many disappointments in money matters, trouble
-through bills, and have need of all their activity and address to prop
-their declining credit; indeed almost all engagements and affairs that
-are entered upon by persons born on any of these days will receive some
-sort of check or obstruction. The greater number of those persons born
-on these days will be subject to weakness or sprains in the knees and
-ankles, also diseases and hurts in the legs.
-
-
-
-
-LIST OF UNLUCKY DAYS,
-
-
-_Which to those persons (being females) born on them will generally
-prove unfortunate._
-
-  January, 5, 6, 13, 14, 20, and 21.
-  February, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, and 23.
-  March, 1, 2, 8, 9, 16, 17, 28, and 29.
-  April, 24 and 25.
-  May, 1, 2, 9, 17, 22, 29, and 30.
-  June, 5, 6, 12, 13, 18, and 19.
-  July, 3 and 4.
-  September, 9 and 16.
-  October, 20 and 27.
-  November, 9, 10, 21, 29, and 30.
-  December, 6, 14, and 21.
-
-We particularly advise all females born on these days to be extremely
-cautious of placing their affections too hastily, as they will be
-subject to _disappointments_ and _vexations_ in that respect; it will
-be better for them (in those matters) to be guided by the advice of
-their friends, rather than by their own feelings, they will be less
-fortunate in placing their affections, than in any other action of
-their lives, as many of these marriages will terminate in separations,
-divorces, &c. Their courtships will end in elopements, seductions,
-and other ways not necessary of explanation. Our readers must be well
-aware that affairs of importance begun at inauspicious times, by those
-who have been born at those periods when the stars shed their malign
-influence, can seldom, if ever, lead to much good; it is, therefore,
-that we endeavor to lay before them a correct statement drawn from
-accurate astrological information, in order that by strict attention
-and care, they may avoid falling into those perplexing labyrinths from
-which nothing but that care and attention can save them. The list of
-days we have above given, will be productive of hasty and clandestine
-marriages--marriages under untoward circumstances, perplexing
-attachments, and as a natural consequence, the displeasure of friends,
-together with family broils, dissensions, and divisions. We now present
-our readers with a
-
-
-
-
-LIST OF DAYS USUALLY CONSIDERED FORTUNATE.
-
-
-_With respect to Courtship, Marriage, and Love affairs in
-general--Females that were born on the following days may expect_
-_Courtships and prospects of Marriage, and which will have a happy
-termination._
-
-  January, 1, 2, 15, 26, 27, 28.
-  February, 11, 21, 25, 26.
-  March, 10, 24.
-  April, 6, 15, 16, 20, 28.
-  May, 3, 13, 18, 31.
-  June, 10, 11, 15, 25, 22.
-  July, 9, 14, 15, 28.
-  August, 6, 7, 10, 11, 19, 20, 25.
-  September, 4, 8, 9, 17, 18, 23.
-  October, 3, 7, 16, 21, 22.
-  November, 5, 14, 20.
-  December, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25.
-
-Although the greater number, or indeed nearly all the ladies that are
-born on the days stated in the preceding list, will be likely to meet
-with a _prospect_ of marriage, or become engaged in some love affair
-of more than ordinary importance, yet it must not be expected that
-the _result_ will be the same with all of them; with some they will
-_terminate_ in _marriage_--with others in disappointment--and some of
-them will be in danger of forming _attachments_ that may prove of a
-somewhat _troublesome_ description. We shall, therefore, in order to
-enable our readers to distinguish them, give a comprehensive and useful
-list, showing which of them will be most likely to marry.
-
-Those born within the limits of the succeeding List of Hours, on any
-of the preceding days, will be the most likely to _marry_--or will,
-at least, have _Courtships_ that will be likely to have a happy
-termination.
-
-
-LIST OF FORTUNATE HOURS.
-
-January 2d. From 30 minutes past 10 till 15 minutes past 11 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes before 9 till 15 minutes before 11 at
-night.
-
-15th. From 30 minutes past 9 till 15 minutes past 10 in the morning;
-and from 30 minutes past 7 till 15 minutes past 11 at night.
-
-26th. From 30 minutes past 8 till 15 minutes past 9 in the morning; and
-from 7 till 15 minutes past 10 at night.
-
-February 11th and 12th. From 30 minutes past 7 till 15 minutes past 8,
-in the morning; and from 15 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes before 9 at
-night.
-
-21st. From 7 till 15 minutes before 8 in the morning; and from 15
-minutes past 5 till 15 minutes before 8 at night.
-
-25th and 26th. From 15 minutes before 7 till 30 minutes past 7 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes before 5 till 30 minutes past 7 in the
-evening.
-
-March 10th. From 5 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 4
-in the afternoon till 15 minutes before 7 in the evening.
-
-April 6th. From 15 minutes past 4 till 5 in the morning; and from 30
-minutes past 2 till 15 minutes past 5 in the afternoon.
-
-20th. From 30 minutes past 3 till 15 minutes past 4 in the morning; and
-from 30 minutes past 1 till 15 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.
-
-May 3d. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 3 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past 3 in the afternoon.
-
-13th. From 2 till 15 minutes before 3 in the morning; and from 12 at
-noon till 15 minutes before 3 in the afternoon.
-
-18th. From 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past 2 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes before 12 at noon till 30 minutes past 2 in the
-afternoon.
-
-31st. From 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past 1 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes past 10 in the morning till 15 minutes before 1 in
-the afternoon.
-
-June 10th and 11th. From 15 minutes past 10 till 1 in the afternoon;
-and from 12 at night till 1 in the morning.
-
-15th. From 10 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon; and from 15
-minutes before 12 at night till 15 minutes before 1 in the morning.
-
-25th. From 15 minutes past 9 in the morning till 12 at noon; and from
-11 to 12 at night.
-
-29th. From 9 in the morning till 15 minutes before 12 at noon; and from
-15 minutes before 11 till 15 minutes before 12 at night.
-
-July 9th. From 15 minutes past 8 till 11 in the morning; and from 10
-till 11 at night.
-
-14th and 15th. From 8 till 11 in the morning; and from 10 till 11 at
-night.
-
-28th. From 7 till 10 in the morning; and from 9 till 10 at night.
-
-August 6th and 7th. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 9 in
-the morning; and from 15 minutes past 8 till 15 minutes past 9 at night.
-
-10 and 11th. From 15 minutes past 6 till 9 in the morning; and from 8
-till 9 in the evening.
-
-19th and 20th. From 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 8 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 7 till 30 minutes past 8 in the
-evening.
-
-25th. From 15 minutes past 5 till 8 in the morning; and from 7 till 8
-in the evening.
-
-September 4th. From 15 minutes before 5 till 30 minutes past 7 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 6 till 30 minutes past 7 in the
-evening.
-
-8th and 9th. From 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 7 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 7 in the
-evening.
-
-17th and 18th. From 5 till 15 minutes before 5 in the morning; and from
-15 minutes before 6 till 15 minutes before 7 in the evening.
-
-23d. From 30 minutes past 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning; and
-from 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 6 in the evening.
-
-October 3d. From 3 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15
-minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 5 in the afternoon.
-
-7th. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning;
-and from 30 minutes past 4 till 30 minutes past 5 in the afternoon.
-
-16th. From 2 till 5 in the morning; and from 4 till 5 in the afternoon.
-
-21st and 22d. From 15 minutes before 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 3 till 15 minutes past 4 in the
-afternoon.
-
-November 5th. From 1 till 15 minutes before 4 in the morning; and from
-15 minutes before 3 till 15 minutes before 4 in the afternoon.
-
-14th. From 15 minutes past 12 till 3 in the morning; and from 2 till 3
-in the afternoon.
-
-20th. From 15 minutes before 12 till 15 minutes past 2 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes past 1 till 2 in the afternoon.
-
-December 14th and 15th. From 10 till 30 minutes past 12 in the morning;
-and from 12 at noon till 15 minutes before 1 in the afternoon.
-
-18th and 19th. From 15 minutes before 10 at night till 15 minutes past
-5 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 11 till 15 minutes past 12
-at night.
-
-January 3d. From 30 minutes past 10 till 15 minutes past 11 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes before 9 till 15 minutes past 11 at night.
-
-12th and 13th. From 15 minutes past 9 till 10 in the morning; and from
-15 minutes before 8 till 30 minutes past 10 at night.
-
-18th. From 9 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 15
-minutes past 7 till 10 at night.
-
-27th. From 9 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 7 till
-15 minutes before 10 at night.
-
-February 1st. From 8 till 30 minutes past 8 in the morning; and from 6
-till 30 minutes past 8 in the evening.
-
-11th and 12th. From 15 minutes before 8 till 30 minutes past 8 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes before 6 till 30 minutes past 8 in the
-evening.
-
-17th. From 7 till 15 minutes before 8 in the morning; and from 15
-minutes past 5 till 8 in the evening.
-
-March 1st. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 7 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 7 in the
-evening.
-
-16th and 17th. From 30 minutes past 5 till 15 minutes past 6 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes before 4 till 30 minutes past 6 in the
-evening.
-
-19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, and 25th. From 30 minutes past 5 till
-30 minutes past 6 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 3 till 15
-minutes past 6 in the evening.
-
-26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th. From 15 minutes past 5 till 15
-minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15 minutes past 3 till 6 in
-the evening.
-
-April 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th. From 30 minutes past 4 till
-30 minutes past 5 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 2 till 5 in
-the afternoon.
-
-10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th. From 15 minutes before 4 till 15
-minutes before 5 in the morning; and from 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in
-the afternoon.
-
-19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d. From 30 minutes past 4 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes before 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.
-
-25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th. From 3 till 4 in the morning; and from 15
-minutes past 1 till 15 minutes before 4 in the afternoon.
-
-May 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th. From 15 minutes past 2 till 15
-minutes past 8 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 12 at noon till
-15 minutes past 3 in the afternoon.
-
-9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th. From 2 till 3 in the morning; and from
-15 minutes past 12 at noon till 3 in the afternoon.
-
-16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22d. From 15 minutes before 2
-till 15 minutes before 3 in the morning; and from 12 at noon till 15
-minutes before 3 in the afternoon.
-
-23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th. From 15 minutes past 1 till 15 minutes
-past 2 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 11 in the forenoon till
-15 minutes past 2 in the afternoon.
-
-June 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th. From 15 minutes past 10 in the
-morning till 1 in the afternoon; and from 15 minutes past 12 at night
-till 15 minutes past 1 the next morning.
-
-11th. From 15 minutes past 10 in the morning till 15 minutes before 1
-in the afternoon; and from 12 at night till 1 the next morning.
-
-20th. From 30 minutes past 9 in the morning till 12 at noon; and from
-11 till 12 at night.
-
-25th. From 15 minutes past 9 in the morning till 15 minutes past 12 at
-noon; and from 11 till 12 at night.
-
-July 5th. From 15 minutes before 8 till 15 minutes past 10 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes before 10 till 15 minutes before 11 at
-night.
-
-9th. From 15 minutes past 8 till 11 in the morning; and from 15 minutes
-past 10 till 11 at night.
-
-19th. From 30 minutes past 7 till 10 in the morning; and from 15
-minutes past 9 till 15 minutes past 10 at night.
-
-24th. From 7 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 9 till
-10 at night.
-
-August 2d and 3d. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes before 9 in
-the morning; and from 30 minutes past 8 till 30 minutes past 9 at night.
-
-6th. From 15 minutes before 6 till 9 in the morning; and from 30
-minutes past 7 till 30 minutes past 8 at night.
-
-22d. From 15 minutes past 5 till 8 in the morning; and from 15 minutes
-past 7 till 15 minutes past 8 at night.
-
-September 1st. From 4 till 15 minutes before 7 in the morning; and 6
-till 7 in the evening.
-
-5th. From 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes before 7 in the morning;
-and from 30 minutes past 6 till 30 minutes past 7 in the evening.
-
-14th. From 15 minutes before 4 till 30 minutes past 6 in the morning;
-and from 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 6 in the evening.
-
-29th. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning;
-and from 30 minutes past 4 till 30 minutes past 5 in the evening.
-
-October 3d. From 3 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15
-minutes before 5 till 15 minutes before 6 in the evening.
-
-12th. From 15 minutes past 2 till 5 in the morning; and from 15 minutes
-before 4 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.
-
-18th and 19th. From 30 minutes past 1 till 4 in the morning; and from
-15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.
-
-November 10th and 11th. From 30 minutes past 12 at night till 15
-minutes past 3 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 1 till 30
-minutes past 2 in the afternoon.
-
-15th and 16th. From 12 at night till 15 minutes before 3 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes past 1 till 2 in the afternoon.
-
-29th and 30th. From 15 minutes past 11 at night till 2 in the morning;
-and from 1 till 15 minutes before 2 in the afternoon.
-
-December 8th and 9th. From 15 minutes past 10 at night till 1 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 12 at noon till 30 minutes past 1 in
-the afternoon.
-
-14th, 15th and 16th. From 10 at night till 15 minutes before 1 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes before 12 to 30 minutes past 12 at noon.
-
-23d and 24th. From 15 minutes past 11 till 12 at noon; and from 15
-minutes past 9 till 12 at night.
-
-28th. From 15 minutes past 10 till 11 in the morning; and from 9 till
-15 minutes before 12 at night.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-We do not presume to assert that every lady born on the last-mentioned
-times will be exempt from all descriptions of trouble during the whole
-of their lives, but that they will never (in spite of whatever may
-happen to befall them) sink below mediocrity. Even servants and those
-born of poor parents will possess some superior qualities, get into
-good company, be much noticed by their superiors, and will, in spite of
-any intervening difficulties, establish themselves in the world, and
-rise much above their sphere of birth.
-
-It has often been recorded, and though a singular observation,
-experience has shown it to be a true one, that some event of importance
-is sure to happen to a woman in her thirty-first year, whether single
-or married; it may prove for her good, or it may be some great evil
-or temptation; therefore we advise her to be cautious and circumspect
-in all her actions. If she is a maiden or widow, it is probable she
-will marry this year. If a wife that she will lose her children or her
-husband:--She will either receive riches or travel into a foreign land:
-at all events, some circumstance or other will take place during this
-remarkable year of her life, that will have great effect on her future
-fortunes and existence.
-
-The like is applicable to men in their forty-second year, of which so
-many instances have been proved that there is not a doubt of its truth:
-Observe always to take a lease for an odd number of years; even are not
-prosperous. The three first days of the moon are the best for signing
-papers, and the first five days as well as the twenty-fourth for any
-fresh undertaking. But we cannot but allow that a great deal depends on
-our own industry and perseverance, and by strictly discharging our duty
-to God and man, we may often overcome the malign influence of a bad
-planet, or a day marked as unlucky in the book of fate.
-
-
-
-
-ST. AGNES’ DAY
-
-
-(_Charm to know who your husband shall be._)
-
-Falls on the 21st of January: you must prepare yourself by a
-twenty-four hours’ fast, touching nothing but pure spring water,
-beginning at midnight on the 20th, to the same again on the 21st; then
-go to bed, and mind you sleep by yourself, and do not mention what you
-are trying to any one, or it will break the spell; go to rest on your
-left side, and repeat these lines three times:
-
-  St. Agnes, be a friend to me,
-  In the gift I ask of thee;
-  Let me this night my husband see--
-
-and you will dream of your future spouse: if you see more than one in
-your dream, you will wed two or three times, but if you sleep and dream
-not, you will never marry.
-
-
-
-
-NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM; OR, BOOK OF FATE.
-
-
-_The Oraculum is gifted with every requisite variety of response to the
-following questions_:
-
-1. Shall I obtain my wish?
-
-2. Shall I have success in my undertakings?
-
-3. Shall I gain or lose in my cause?
-
-4. Shall I have to live in foreign parts?
-
-5. Will the stranger return?
-
-6. Shall I recover my property?
-
-7. Will my friend be true?
-
-8. Shall I have to travel?
-
-9. Does the person love and regard me?
-
-10. Will the marriage be prosperous?
-
-11. What sort of a wife, or husband, shall I have?
-
-12. Will she have a son or daughter?
-
-13. Will the patient recover?
-
-14. Will the prisoner be released?
-
-15. Shall I be lucky or unlucky?
-
-16. What does my dream signify?
-
-
-HOW TO WORK THE ORACULUM.
-
-Make marks in four lines, one under another, in the following manner,
-making more or less in each line, according to your fancy:
-
-  * * * * * * * * *
-
-  * * * * * * * * * *
-
-  * * * * * * * * * * *
-
-  * * * * * * * * * * * *
-
-Then reckon the number of marks in each line, and, if it be _odd_, mark
-down one dot; if _even_, two dots. If there be more than nine marks,
-reckon the surplus ones over that number only, viz.:
-
-  The number of marks in the first line of the foregoing are _odd_;
-  therefore make one mark, thus                      *
-
-  In the second, _even_, so make two, thus      * *
-
-  In the third, _odd_ again, make one mark only *
-
-  In the fourth, _even_ again, two marks        * *
-
-
-TO OBTAIN THE ANSWER.
-
-You must refer to THE ORACULUM, at the top of which you will find a row
-of dots similar to those you have produced, and a column of figures
-corresponding with those prefixed to the questions; guide your eye down
-the column at the top of which you find the dots resembling your own,
-till you come to the letter on a line with the number of the question
-you are trying, then refer to the page having that letter at the top,
-and, on a line with the dots which are similar to your own, you will
-find your _answer_.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-The following are unlucky days, on which none of the questions should
-be worked, or any enterprise undertaken: Jan. 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 20, 22;
-Feb. 6, 17, 28; March 24, 26; April 10, 27, 28; May 7, 8; June 27; July
-17, 21; Aug. 20, 22; Sept. 5, 30; Oct 6; Nov. 3, 29; Dec. 6, 10, 15.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-⁂ It is not right to try a question twice in one day.
-
-
-
-
-ORACULUM.
-
-
-  ===================================================================
-                                                 *  ** *  ** ** ** **
-                                                 *  *  ** *  ** ** *
-  Numb.        QUESTIONS.                        *  ** *  *  ** *  *
-                                                 *  *  *  ** *  ** *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-   1 Shall I obtain my wish?                     A  B  C  D  E  F  G
-   2 Shall I have success in my undertakings?    B  C  D  E  F  G  H
-   3 Shall I gain or lose in my cause?           C  D  E  F  G  H  I
-   4 Shall I have to live in foreign parts?      D  E  F  G  H  I  K
-   5 Will the stranger return from abroad?       E  F  G  H  I  K  L
-   6 Shall I recover my property stolen?         F  G  H  I  K  L  M
-   7 Will my friend be true in his dealings?     G  H  I  K  L  M  N
-   8 Shall I have to travel?                     H  I  K  L  M  N  O
-   9 Does the person love and regard me?         I  K  L  M  N  O  P
-  10 Will the marriage be prosperous?            K  L  M  N  O  P  Q
-  11 What sort of wife or husb. shall I have?    L  M  N  O  P  Q  A
-  12 Will she have a son or a daughter?          M  N  O  P  Q  A  B
-  13 Will the patient recover from his illness?  N  O  P  Q  A  B  C
-  14 Will the prisoner be released?              O  P  Q  A  B  C  D
-  15 Shall I be lucky or unlucky this day?       P  Q  A  B  C  D  E
-  16 What does my dream signify?                 Q  A  B  C  D  E  F
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  =================================
-   ** *  *  ** *  *  *  *  ** Numb.
-   ** *  *  *  ** ** *  ** **
-   *  ** *  ** ** ** ** *  **
-   *  ** ** ** ** *  *  ** **
-  ---------------------------------
-   H  I  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q   1
-   I  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  A   2
-   K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  A  B   3
-   L  M  N  O  P  Q  A  B  C   4
-   M  N  O  P  Q  A  B  C  D   5
-   N  O  P  Q  A  B  C  D  E   6
-   O  P  Q  A  B  C  D  E  F   7
-   P  Q  A  B  C  D  E  F  G   8
-   Q  A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H   9
-   A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  10
-   B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  K  11
-   C  D  E  F  G  H  I  K  L  12
-   D  E  F  G  H  I  K  L  M  13
-   E  F  G  H  I  K  L  M  N  14
-   F  G  H  I  K  L  M  N  O  15
-   G  H  I  K  L  M  N  O  P  16
-  ---------------------------------
-
-  ===================================================================
-  A
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  What you wish for, you will shortly OBTAIN.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Signifies trouble and sorrow.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Be very cautious what you do THIS day, lest trouble
-  ** befall you.
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The prisoner DIES, and is regretted by his friends.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Life will be spared THIS time, to prepare for death.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** A very handsome daughter, but a PAINFUL one.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will have a virtuous woman or man, for your wife or husband.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** If you marry this person, you will have enemies where you little
-  ** expect.
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You had better decline THIS love, for it is neither
-  *  constant nor true.
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  DECLINE your travels, for they will not be to your
-  *  advantage.
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** There is a true and sincere friendship between you BOTH.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will NOT recover the stolen property.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The stranger WILL, with joy, soon return.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will NOT remove from where you are at present.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Providence WILL support you in a good cause.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You are NOT lucky.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  ===================================================================
-
-  ===================================================================
-  B
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The luck that is ordained for you will be coveted by others.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Whatever your desires are, for the present decline them.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Signifies a favor or kindness from some person.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** There ARE enemies who would defraud and render you unhappy.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** With great difficulty he will obtain pardon or release again.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The patient should be prepared to LEAVE this world.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** She will have a SON, who will be learned and wise.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** A RICH partner is ordained for you.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  By THIS marriage you will have great luck and prosperity.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  THIS love comes from an upright and sincere heart.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** A higher Power WILL surely travel with you, and bless you.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Beware of friends who are false and deceitful.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You WILL recover your property--unexpectedly.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Love prevents his return home at present.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Your stay is NOT here; be therefore prepared for a change.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will have NO GAIN; therefore be wise and careful.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  ===================================================================
-
-  ===================================================================
-  C
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  With the blessing of God, you WILL have great gain.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Very unlucky indeed--pray for assistance.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  If your desires are NOT extravagant, they will be granted.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Signifies peace and plenty between friends.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Be well prepared THIS day, or you may meet with trouble.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The prisoner WILL find it difficult to obtain his pardon
-  ** or release.
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The patient WILL YET enjoy health and prosperity.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** She WILL have a daughter, and will require attention.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The person has NOT a great fortune, but is in middling
-  *  circumstances.
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Decline THIS marriage, or else you may be sorry.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Decline a courtship which MAY be your destruction.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Your travels are IN VAIN; you had better stay at home.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You MAY depend on a true and sincere friendship.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You must NOT expect to regain that which you have lost.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  SICKNESS prevents the traveler from seeing you.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** It WILL be your fate to stay where you now are.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  ===================================================================
-
-  ===================================================================
-  D
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You WILL obtain a great fortune in another country.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** By venturing freely, you WILL certainly gain doubly.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  A higher Power WILL change your misfortune into success
-  ** and happiness.
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Alter your intentions, or else you MAY meet poverty and
-  *  distress.
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Signifies you have many impediments in accomplishing your
-  ** pursuits.
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Whatever may possess your inclinations this day, abandon them.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The prisoner WILL get free again this time.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The patient’s illness WILL be lingering and doubtful.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  She will have a dutiful and handsome son.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The person will be LOW in circumstances, but honest-hearted.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** A marriage which WILL ADD to your welfare and prosperity.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You love a person who does not speak well of you.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Your travels WILL be prosperous, if guided by prudence.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  He means NOT what he says, for his heart is false.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  With some trouble and expense, you may regain your property.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You must NOT expect to see the stranger again.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  ===================================================================
-
-  ===================================================================
-  E
-
-  *  The stranger WILL not return as soon as you expect.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Remain among your friends, and you will do well.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will hereafter GAIN what you seek.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You have NO LUCK--pray, and strive honestly.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will obtain your wishes by means of a friend.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Signifies you have enemies who will endeavor to ruin you.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Beware--an enemy is endeavoring to bring you to strife and
-  *  misfortune.
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The prisoner’s sorrow and anxiety are great, and his release
-  ** uncertain.
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The patient WILL soon recover--there is no danger.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  She will have a daughter, who will be honored and respected.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Your partner WILL be fond of liquor, and will debase himself
-  *  thereby.
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  This marriage will bring you to poverty, be therefore discreet.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Their love is false to you, and true to others.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  DECLINE your travels for the present, for they will be
-  *  dangerous.
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  THIS person is serious and true, and deserves to be
-  ** respected.
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will not recover the property you have lost.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  ===================================================================
-
-  ===================================================================
-  F
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  By persevering you WILL recover your property again.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** It is out of the stranger’s power to return.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will GAIN, and be successful in foreign parts.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** A great fortune is ordained for you; wait patiently.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** There is great hindrance to your success at present.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Your wishes are in VAIN at present.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Signifies there are sorrow and danger before you.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** THIS day is unlucky; therefore alter your intention.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The prisoner will be restored to liberty and freedom.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The patient’s recovery is doubtful.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** She will have a fine BOY.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  A worthy person, and a fine fortune.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Your intentions would destroy your rest and peace.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  THIS love is true and constant; forsake it not.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  PROCEED on your journey, and you will not have cause
-  ** to repent it.
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** If you trust THIS friend, you may have cause for sorrow.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  ===================================================================
-
-  ===================================================================
-  G
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  This friend exceeds all others in every respect.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You must bear your loss with fortitude.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The stranger will return unexpectedly.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Remain at HOME with your friends, and you will escape
-  *  misfortunes.
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will meet no GAIN in your pursuits.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Heaven will bestow its blessings on you.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** No.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Signifies that you will shortly be out of the POWER of your
-  ** enemies.
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  ILL-LUCK awaits you--it will be difficult for you to
-  *  escape it.
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The prisoner will be RELEASED by death only.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** By the blessing of God, the patient WILL recover.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  A daughter, but of a very sickly constitution.
-  **
-  **
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-  *  You will get an honest, young, and handsome partner.
-  **
-  **
-  *
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-  *  Decline this marriage, else it may be to your sorrow.
-  *
-  **
-  *
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-  *  Avoid this love.
-  **
-  *
-  **
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-  ** Prepare for a short journey; you will be recalled by unexpected
-  ** events.
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-  *  Commence your travels, and they will go on as you could wish.
-  *
-  *
-  *
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-  ** Your pretended friend hates you secretly.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Your hopes to recover your property are vain.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** A certain affair prevents the stranger’s return immediately.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Your fortune you will find in abundance abroad.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Decline the pursuit, and you will do well.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Your expectations are vain--you will not succeed.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will obtain what you wish for.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Signifies that on this day your fortune will change for
-  *  the better.
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Cheer up your spirits, your luck is at hand.
-  *
-  *
-  **
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-  ** After LONG imprisonment, he will be released.
-  *
-  **
-  **
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-  *  The patient will be relieved from sickness.
-  **
-  **
-  **
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-  *  She will have a healthy SON.
-  **
-  **
-  *
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-  *  You will be married to your equal in a short time.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  If you wish to be happy, do not marry this person.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** This love is from the heart, and will continue until death.
-  **
-  **
-  **
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-  I
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-  *  The love is great, but will cause great jealousy.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** It will be in vain for you to travel.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Your friend will be as sincere as you could wish him to be.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will recover the stolen property through a cunning person.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The traveler will soon return with joy.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will not be prosperous or fortunate in foreign parts.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Place your trust in God, who is the disposer of happiness.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Your fortune will shortly be changed into misfortune.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will succeed as you desire.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Signifies that the misfortune which threatens will be prevented.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Beware of your enemies, who seek to do you harm.
-  *
-  **
-  **
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-  *  After a short time, your anxiety for the prisoner will cease.
-  **
-  **
-  **
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-  *  God will give the patient health and strength again.
-  **
-  **
-  *
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-  *  She will have a very fine daughter.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will marry a person with whom you will have little comfort.
-  **
-  *
-  **
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-  ** The marriage will not answer your expectations.
-  **
-  **
-  **
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-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  After much misfortune, you will be comfortable and happy.
-  *
-  *
-  *
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-  ** A sincere love from an upright heart.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will be prosperous in your journey.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Do not RELY on the friendship of this person.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The property is lost for EVER; but the thief will be
-  ** punished.
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The traveler will be absent some considerable time.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will meet luck and happiness in a foreign country.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will not have any success for the present.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will succeed in your undertaking.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Change your intentions, and you will do well.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Signifies that there are rogues at hand.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Be reconciled, your circumstances will shortly mend.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The prisoner will be released.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The patient will depart this life.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  She will have a son.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** It will be difficult for you to get a partner.
-  **
-  **
-  **
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-  L
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-  *  You will get a very handsome person for your partner.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Various misfortunes will attend this marriage.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  This love is whimsical and changeable.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will be unlucky in your travels.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** This person’s love is just and true. You may rely on it.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will lose, but the thief will suffer most.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The stranger will soon return with plenty.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** If you remain at home, you will have success.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Your gain will be trivial.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will meet sorrow and trouble.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will succeed according to your wishes.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Signifies that you will get money.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  In spite of enemies, you will do well.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The prisoner will pass many days in confinement.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The patient will recover.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** She will have a daughter.
-  **
-  **
-  **
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-  ===================================================================
-  M
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  She will have a son, who will gain wealth and honor.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will get a partner with great undertakings and much money.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The marriage will be prosperous.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** She, or He, wishes to be yours this moment.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Your journey will prove to your advantage.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Place no great trust in that person.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will find your property at a certain time.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The traveler’s return is rendered doubtful by his conduct.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will succeed as you desire in foreign parts.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Expect no gain; it will be in vain.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will have more LUCK than you expect.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Whatever your desires are, you will speedily obtain them.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Signifies you will be asked to a wedding.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will have no occasion to complain of ill-luck.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Someone will pity and release the prisoner.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The patient’s recovery is unlikely.
-  **
-  **
-  **
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-  *  The patient will recover, but his days are short.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** She will have a daughter.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will marry into a very respectable family.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** By this marriage you will gain nothing.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Await the time and you will find the love great.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Venture not from home.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** This person is a sincere friend.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will never recover the theft.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The stranger will return, but not quickly.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  When abroad, keep from evil women or they will do you harm.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will soon gain what you little expect.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will have great success.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Rejoice ever at that which is ordained for you.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Signifies that sorrow will depart, and joy will return.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Your luck is in blossom; it will soon be at hand.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Death may end the imprisonment.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  ===================================================================
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-  ===================================================================
-  O
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-  *  The prisoner will be released with joy.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The patient’s recovery is doubtful.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  She will have a son, who will live to a great age.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will get a virtuous partner.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Delay not this marriage--you will meet much happiness.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** None loves you better in this world.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You may proceed with confidence.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Not a friend, but a secret enemy.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will soon recover what is stolen.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The stranger will not return again.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** A foreign woman will greatly enhance your fortune.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will be cheated out of your gain.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Your misfortunes will vanish and you will be happy.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Your hope is in vain--fortune shuns you at present.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  That you will soon hear agreeable news.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** There are misfortunes lurking about you.
-  **
-  **
-  **
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-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  This day brings you an increase of happiness.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The prisoner will quit the power of his enemies.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The patient will recover and live long.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** She will have two daughters.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** A rich young person will be your partner.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Hasten your marriage--it will bring you much happiness.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The person loves you sincerely.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** You will not prosper from home.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  This friend is more valuable than gold.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will NEVER receive your goods.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** He is dangerously ill, and cannot yet return.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Depend upon your own industry, and remain at home.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Be joyful, for future prosperity is ordained for you.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Depend not too much on your good luck.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  What you wish will be granted to you.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** That you should be very careful this day, lest any accident
-  ** befall you.
-  **
-  **
-  ===================================================================
-
-  ===================================================================
-  Q
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Signifies much joy and happiness between friends.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** This day is not very lucky, but rather the reverse.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  He will yet come to honor, although he now suffers.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** Recovery is doubtful; therefore be prepared for the worst.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** She will have a son who will prove forward.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** A rich partner, but a bad temper.
-  **
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** By wedding this person you insure your happiness.
-  *
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** The person has great love for you, but wishes to conceal it.
-  **
-  *
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You may proceed on your journey without fear.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  Trust him not; he is inconstant and deceitful.
-  *
-  *
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  ** In a very singular manner you will recover your property.
-  *
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  The stranger will return very soon.
-  **
-  **
-  **
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will dwell abroad in comfort and happiness.
-  **
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  If you will deal fairly you will surely prosper.
-  *
-  **
-  *
-  -------------------------------------------------------------------
-  *  You will yet live in splendor and plenty.
-  **
-  *
-  **
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-  ** Make yourself contented with your PRESENT fortune.
-  **
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-Title: How to Tell Fortunes
-       Containing Napoleon's Oraculum and the Key to Work It;
-              also Tells Fortunes by Cards, Lucky and Unlucky Days, Signs
-              and Omens.
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-<a href="#GOOD_AND_BAD_OMENS">GOOD AND BAD OMENS.</a><br />
-<a href="#WEATHER_OMENS">WEATHER OMENS.</a><br />
-<a href="#HYMENS_LOTTERY">HYMEN’S LOTTERY.</a><br />
-<a href="#LIST_OF_UNLUCKY_DAYS">LIST OF UNLUCKY DAYS (Males)</a><br />
-<a href="#LIST_OF_UNLUCKY_DAYS1">LIST OF UNLUCKY DAYS (Females)</a><br />
-<a href="#LIST_OF_DAYS_USUALLY_CONSIDERED_FORTUNATE">LIST OF DAYS USUALLY CONSIDERED FORTUNATE.</a><br />
-<a href="#ST_AGNES_DAY">ST. AGNES’ DAY</a><br />
-<a href="#NAPOLEONS_ORACULUM_OR_BOOK_OF_FATE">NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM; OR, BOOK OF FATE.</a><br />
-<a href="#ORACULUM">ORACULUM.</a><br />
-</p></div></div>
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-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></span></p>
-
-<h1><span class="sansseriffont">HOW TO TELL FORTUNES</span></h1>
-<p class="center" style="margin-top:2em; line-height:2.5em"><span class="smallfont">CONTAINING</span><br />
-<span class="xlargefont">Napoleon’s Oraculum, and the Key to Work It</span></p>
-
-<p class="center" style="margin-top:2em; line-height:2em"><span class="smallfont">ALSO</span><br />
-<span class="xxlargefont">Tells Fortunes by Cards,</span><br />
-<span class="largefont boldfont">LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS,</span><br />
-<span class="mediumfont">SIGNS AND OMENS.</span></p>
-
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-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span></p>
-
-<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Copyright, 1902, by<br />
-FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher</span><br />
-168 West 23d St., New York City
-</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
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-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span></p>
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-
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-<h2><a name="HOW_TO_TELL_FORTUNES_BY_CARDS" id="HOW_TO_TELL_FORTUNES_BY_CARDS">HOW TO TELL FORTUNES<br />
-<span class="largefont">BY CARDS.</span></a></h2>
-
-
-<p>In telling Fortunes by Cards&mdash;as in all games in which they
-are employed&mdash;the Ace ranks highest in value. Then comes
-the King, followed by the Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and
-Seven; these being generally the only cards used.</p>
-
-<p>The order, and comparative value of the different suits, is as
-follows:&mdash;First on the list stand “Clubs,” as they mostly portend
-happiness; and&mdash;no matter how numerous, or how accompanied&mdash;are
-rarely or never of bad augury. Next come
-“Hearts,” which usually signify joy, liberality, or good temper;
-“Diamonds,” on the contrary, denote delay, quarrels, and annoyance;
-and “Spades”&mdash;the worst suit of all&mdash;grief, sickness,
-and loss of money.</p>
-
-<p>We are of course speaking generally, as, in many cases, the
-position of cards entirely changes their signification; their individual
-and relative meaning being often widely different.
-Thus, for example, the King of Hearts, the Nine of Hearts, and
-the Nine of Clubs, respectively signify, a liberal man, joy, and
-success in love, but change their position, by placing the King
-<em>between</em> the two nines, and you would read that a man, then
-rich and happy, would be ere long consigned to a prison!</p>
-
-
-<h3>SIGNIFICATION OF THE CARDS.</h3>
-
-<p>The individual meaning attached to the thirty-two cards employed
-is as follows:&mdash;</p>
-
-
-<h3>THE EIGHT CLUBS.</h3>
-
-<p><em>Ace of Clubs.</em>&mdash;Signifies joy, money, or good news; if reversed,
-the joy will be of brief duration.</p>
-
-<p><em>King of Clubs.</em>&mdash;A frank, liberal man, fond of serving his friends;
-if reversed, he will meet with a disappointment.</p>
-
-<p><em>Queen of Clubs.</em>&mdash;An affectionate woman, but quick-tempered
-and touchy; if reversed, jealous and malicious.</p>
-
-<p><em>Knave of Clubs.</em>&mdash;A clever and enterprising young man; reversed,
-a harmless flirt and flatterer.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ten of Clubs.</em>&mdash;Fortune, success, or grandeur; reversed, want of
-success in some small matter.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span></p>
-
-<p><em>Nine of Clubs.</em>&mdash;Unexpected gain, or a legacy; reversed, some
-trifling present.</p>
-
-<p><em>Eight of Clubs.</em>&mdash;A dark person’s affections, which, if returned,
-will be the cause of great prosperity; reversed, those of a
-fool, and attendant unhappiness, if reciprocated.</p>
-
-<p><em>Seven of Clubs.</em>&mdash;A small sum of money, or unexpectedly recovered
-debt; reversed, a yet smaller amount.</p>
-
-
-<h3>THE EIGHT HEARTS.</h3>
-
-<p><em>Ace of Hearts.</em>&mdash;A love-letter, or some pleasant news; reversed,
-a friend’s visit.</p>
-
-<p><em>King of Hearts.</em>&mdash;A fair, liberal man; reversed, will meet with
-disappointment.</p>
-
-<p><em>Queen of Hearts.</em>&mdash;A mild, amiable woman; reversed, has been
-crossed in love.</p>
-
-<p><em>Knave of Hearts.</em>&mdash;A gay young bachelor, who dreams only of
-pleasure; reversed, a discontented military man.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ten of Hearts.</em>&mdash;Happiness, triumph; if reversed, some slight
-anxiety.</p>
-
-<p><em>Nine of Hearts.</em>&mdash;Joy, satisfaction, success; reversed, a passing
-chagrin.</p>
-
-<p><em>Eight of Hearts.</em>&mdash;A fair person’s affections; reversed, indifference
-on his or her part.</p>
-
-<p><em>Seven of Hearts.</em>&mdash;Pleasant thoughts, tranquillity; reversed, ennui,
-weariness.</p>
-
-
-<h3>THE EIGHT DIAMONDS.</h3>
-
-<p><em>Ace of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;A letter, soon to be received; and, if the card
-be reversed, containing bad news.</p>
-
-<p><em>King of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;A fair man&mdash;generally in the army&mdash;but
-both cunning and dangerous; if reversed, a threatened danger,
-caused by machinations on his part.</p>
-
-<p><em>Queen of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;An ill-bred, scandal-loving woman; if reversed,
-she is to be greatly feared.</p>
-
-<p><em>Knave of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;A tale-bearing servant, or unfaithful
-friend; if reversed, will be the cause of mischief.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ten of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;Journey, or change of residence; if reversed,
-it will not prove fortunate.</p>
-
-<p><em>Nine of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;Annoyance, delay; if reversed, either a family
-or a love quarrel.</p>
-
-<p><em>Eight of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;Love-making; if reversed, unsuccessful.</p>
-
-<p><em>Seven of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;Satire, mockery; reversed, a foolish scandal.</p>
-
-<p>N. B.&mdash;In order to know whether the Ace, Ten, Nine, Eight
-and Seven of Diamonds are reversed, it is better to make a small
-pencil-mark on each, to show which is the top of the card.</p>
-
-
-<h3>THE EIGHT SPADES.</h3>
-
-<p><em>Ace of Spades.</em>&mdash;Pleasure; reversed, grief, bad news.</p>
-
-<p><em>King of Spades.</em>&mdash;The envious man, an enemy, or a dishonest
-lawyer, who is to be feared; reversed, impotent malice.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p>
-
-<p><em>Queen of Spades.</em>&mdash;A widow; reversed, a dangerous and malicious
-woman.</p>
-
-<p><em>Knave of Spades.</em>&mdash;A dark, ill-bred young man; reversed, he is
-plotting some mischief.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ten of Spades.</em>&mdash;Tears, a prison; reversed, brief affliction.</p>
-
-<p><em>Nine of Spades.</em>&mdash;Tidings of a death; reversed, it will be some
-near relative.</p>
-
-<p><em>Eight of Spades.</em>&mdash;Approaching illness; reversed, a marriage
-broken off, or offer refused.</p>
-
-<p><em>Seven of Spades.</em>&mdash;Slight annoyances; reversed, a foolish intrigue.</p>
-
-<p>The Court cards of Hearts and Diamonds usually represent
-persons of fair complexion; Clubs and Spades, the opposite.</p>
-
-
-<h3><span class="smcap">Signification of Different Cards of the Same Denomination.</span></h3>
-
-<p><em>Four Aces</em>, coming together, or following each other, announce
-danger, failure in business, and sometimes imprisonment.
-If one or more of them be reversed, the danger will be
-lessened, but that is all.</p>
-
-<p><em>Three Aces</em>, coming in the same manner.&mdash;Good tidings; if reversed,
-folly.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two Aces.</em>&mdash;A plot; if reversed, will not succeed.</p>
-
-<p><em>Four Kings.</em>&mdash;Rewards, dignities, honors; reversed, they will be
-less, but sooner received.</p>
-
-<p><em>Three Kings.</em>&mdash;A consultation on important business, the result
-of which will be highly satisfactory; if reversed, success
-will be doubtful.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two Kings.</em>&mdash;A partnership in business; if reversed, a dissolution
-of the same. Sometimes this only denotes friendly
-projects.</p>
-
-<p><em>Four Queens.</em>&mdash;Company, society; one or more reversed, denotes
-that the entertainment will not go off well.</p>
-
-<p><em>Three Queens.</em>&mdash;Friendly calls; reversed, chattering and scandal
-or deceit.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two Queens.</em>&mdash;A meeting between friends; reversed, poverty,
-troubles, in which one will involve the other.</p>
-
-<p><em>Four Knaves.</em>&mdash;A noisy party&mdash;mostly young people; reversed, a
-drinking bout.</p>
-
-<p><em>Three Knaves.</em>&mdash;False friends; reversed, a quarrel with some low
-person.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two Knaves.</em>&mdash;Evil intentions; reversed, danger.</p>
-
-<p><em>Four tens.</em>&mdash;Great success in projected enterprises; reversed, the
-success will not be so brilliant, but still it will be sure.</p>
-
-<p><em>Three tens.</em>&mdash;Improper conduct; reversed, failure.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two tens.</em>&mdash;Change of trade or profession; reversed, denotes
-that the prospect is only a distant one.</p>
-
-<p><em>Four nines.</em>&mdash;A great surprise; reversed, a public dinner.</p>
-
-<p><em>Three nines.</em>&mdash;Joy, fortune, health; reversed, wealth lost by imprudence.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two nines.</em>&mdash;A little gain; reversed, trifling losses at cards.</p>
-
-<p><em>Four eights.</em>&mdash;A short journey; reversed, the return of a friend
-or relative.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span></p>
-
-<p><em>Three eights.</em>&mdash;Thoughts of marriage; reversed, folly, flirtation.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two eights.</em>&mdash;A brief love-dream; reversed, small pleasures and
-trifling pains.</p>
-
-<p><em>Four Sevens.</em>&mdash;Intrigues among servants or low people, threats,
-snares, and disputes; reversed, that their malice will be impotent
-to harm, and that the punishment will fall on themselves.</p>
-
-<p><em>Three sevens.</em>&mdash;Sickness, premature old age; reversed, slight
-and brief indisposition.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two sevens.</em>&mdash;Levity; reversed, regret.</p>
-
-<p>Any picture-card between two others of equal value&mdash;as two
-tens, two Aces, etc.&mdash;denotes that the person represented by that
-card runs the risk of a prison.</p>
-
-<p>It requires no great efforts to commit these significations to
-memory, but it must be remembered that they are but what the
-alphabet is to the printed book: a little attention and practice,
-however, will soon enable the learner to form these mystic letters
-into words, and words into phrases; in other language, to
-assemble these cards together, and read the events, past and to
-come, their pictured faces pretend to reveal.</p>
-
-<p>There are several ways of doing this; but we will give them
-all, one after another, so as to afford our readers an ample choice
-of methods of prying into futurity.</p>
-
-
-<h3>DEALING THE CARDS BY THREES.</h3>
-
-<p>Take the pack of thirty-two selected cards (viz., the Ace,
-King, Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven of each suit),
-having before fixed upon the one you intend to represent yourself,
-supposing always you are making the essay on your own
-behalf. If not, it must represent the person for whom you are
-acting. In doing this, it is necessary to remember that the card
-chosen should be according to the complexion of the chooser,
-King or Queen of Diamonds for a very fair person, ditto of
-Hearts for one rather darker, Clubs for one darker still, and
-Spades only for one very dark indeed. The card chosen also
-loses its signification, and simply becomes the representative of
-a dark or fair man, or woman, as the case may be.</p>
-
-<p>This point having been settled, shuffle the cards, and either
-cut them or have them cut for you (according to whether you
-are acting for yourself or another person), taking care to use
-the <em>left</em> hand. That done, turn them up by <em>threes</em>, and every
-time you find in these triplets <em>two of the same suit</em>, such as two
-Hearts, two Clubs, etc., withdraw the highest card and place it
-on the table before you. If the triplet should chance to be all
-of the same suit, the <em>highest</em> card is still to be the only one withdrawn;
-but should it consist of three of the <em>same value</em> but
-<em>different suits</em>, such as three Kings, etc., they are to be all appropriated.
-We will suppose that, after having turned up the cards
-three by three, you have been able to withdraw six, leaving
-twenty-six, which you shuffle and cut, and again turn up by
-threes, acting precisely as you did before, until you have obtained
-either <em>thirteen</em>, <em>fifteen</em>, or <em>seventeen</em> cards. Recollect that the
-number must always be uneven, and that the card representing<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span>
-the person for whom the essay is made must make one of it.
-Even if the requisite thirteen, fifteen, or seventeen have been
-obtained, and this one has not made its appearance, the operation
-must be recommenced. Let us suppose the person whose
-fortune is being read to be a lady, represented by the Queen of
-Hearts, and that fifteen cards have been obtained and laid out&mdash;in
-the form of a half circle&mdash;in the order they were drawn, viz.,
-the Seven of Clubs, the Ten of Diamonds, the Seven of Hearts,
-the Knave of Clubs, the King of Diamonds, the Nine of Diamonds,
-the Ten of Hearts, the Queen of Spades, the Eight of
-Hearts, the Knave of Diamonds, the Queen of Hearts, the Nine
-of Clubs, the Seven of Spades, the Ace of Clubs, the Eight of
-Spades. Having considered your cards, you will find among
-them two Queens, two Knaves, two tens, three sevens, two
-eights, and two nines; you are, therefore, able to announce:</p>
-
-<p>“The two Queens before me signify the reunion of friends;
-the two Knaves, that there is mischief being made between
-them. These two tens denote a change of profession, which,
-from one of them being between two sevens, I see will not be
-effected without some difficulty; the cause of which, according
-to these <em>three</em> sevens, will be illness. However, these two nines
-promise some small gain, resulting&mdash;so say these two eights&mdash;from
-a love affair.”</p>
-
-<p>You now begin to count <em>seven cards, from right to left</em>, beginning
-with the Queen of Hearts, who represents the lady you
-are acting for. The seventh being the King of Diamonds, you
-may say:</p>
-
-<p>“You often think of a fair man in uniform.”</p>
-
-<p>The next seventh card (counting the King of Diamonds as
-<em>one</em>) proves to be the Ace of Clubs; you add:</p>
-
-<p>“You will receive from him some very joyful tidings; he, besides,
-intends making you a present.”</p>
-
-<p>Count the Ace of Clubs as “one,” and proceeding to the next
-seventh card, the Queen of Spades, you resume:</p>
-
-<p>“A widow is endeavoring to injure you on this very account;
-and” (the seventh card, counting the Queen as one, being the
-Ten of Diamonds) “the annoyance she gives you will oblige
-you to either take a journey or change your residence; but”
-(this Ten of Diamonds being imprisoned between two sevens)
-“your journey or removal will meet with some obstacle.”</p>
-
-<p>On proceeding to count as before, calling the Ten of Diamonds
-one, you will find the seventh card proves to be the
-Queen of Hearts herself, the person for whom you are acting,
-and may therefore safely conclude by saying:</p>
-
-<p>“But this you will overcome of yourself, without needing any
-one’s aid or assistance.”</p>
-
-<p>Now take the two cards at either extremity of the half circle,
-which are, respectively, the Eight of Spades and the Seven of
-Clubs, unite them, and continue:&mdash;</p>
-
-<p>“A sickness, which will lead to your receiving a small sum of
-money.”</p>
-
-<p>Repeat the same maneuver, which brings together the Ace of
-Clubs and the Ten of Diamonds:&mdash;</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>“Good news, which will make you decide on taking a journey,
-destined to prove a very happy one, and which will occasion you
-to receive a sum of money.”</p>
-
-<p>The next cards united, being the Seven of Spades and the
-Seven of Hearts, you say:&mdash;</p>
-
-<p>“Tranquility and peace of mind, followed by slight anxiety,
-quickly succeeded by love and happiness.”</p>
-
-<p>Then come the Nine of Clubs and the Knave of Clubs, foretelling:
-“You will certainly receive money through the exertions
-of a clever dark young man&mdash;Queen of Hearts and King of Diamonds&mdash;which
-comes from a fair man in uniform; this rencounter
-announces some great happiness in store for you, and complete
-fulfillment of your wishes. Knave of Diamonds and Nine
-of Diamonds&mdash;Although this happy result may be delayed for a
-time, through some fair young man, not famed for his delicacy&mdash;Eight
-of Hearts and Ten of Hearts&mdash;love, joy, and triumph.
-The Queen of Spades, who remains alone, is the widow who is
-endeavoring to injure you, and who finds herself abandoned by
-all her friends!”</p>
-
-<p>Now gather up the cards you have been using, shuffle and cut
-them with the left hand, and proceed to make them into three
-packs by dealing one to the left, one in the middle, and one to
-the right; a fourth is laid aside to form “a surprise.” Then
-continue to deal the cards to each of the three packs in turn,
-until their number is exhausted, when it will be found that the
-left-hand and middle packs contain each five cards, whilst the
-one on the right hand consists of only four.</p>
-
-<p>Now ask the person consulting you to select one of the three
-packs. We will suppose this to be the middle one, and that the
-cards comprising it are, the Knave of Diamonds, the King of
-Diamonds, the Seven of Spades, the Queen of Spades, and the
-Seven of Clubs. These, by recollecting our previous instructions
-regarding the individual and relative signification of the
-cards, are easily interpreted, as follows:</p>
-
-<p>“The Knave of Clubs&mdash;a fair young man, possessed of no delicacy
-of feeling, who seeks to injure&mdash;the King of Diamonds&mdash;a
-fair man in uniform&mdash;Seven of Spades&mdash;and will succeed in causing
-him some annoyance&mdash;the Queen of Spades&mdash;at the instigation
-of a spiteful woman&mdash;Seven of Clubs&mdash;but, by means of a
-small sum of money, matters will be finally easily arranged.”</p>
-
-<p>Next take up the left-hand pack, which is “for the house”&mdash;the
-former one having been for the lady herself. Supposing it
-to consist of the Queen of Hearts, the Knave of Clubs, the Eight
-of Hearts, the Nine of Diamonds, and the Ace of Clubs, they
-would read thus:</p>
-
-<p>“Queen of Hearts&mdash;the lady whose fortune is being told is, or
-soon will be, in a house&mdash;Knave of Clubs&mdash;where she will meet
-with a dark young man, who&mdash;Eight of Hearts&mdash;will entreat her
-assistance to forward his interests with a fair girl&mdash;Nine of Diamonds&mdash;he
-having met with delays and disappointment&mdash;Ace of Clubs&mdash;but
-a letter will arrive announcing the possession of money,
-which will remove all difficulties.”</p>
-
-<p>The third pack is “for those who did not expect it,” and will<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span>
-be composed of four cards, let us say the Ten of Hearts, Nine of
-Clubs, Eight of Spades, and Ten of Diamonds, signifying:</p>
-
-<p>“The Ten of Hearts&mdash;An unexpected piece of good fortune and
-great happiness&mdash;Nine of Clubs&mdash;caused by an unlooked-for legacy&mdash;Eight
-of Spades&mdash;which joy may perhaps be followed by a
-slight sickness&mdash;Ten of Diamonds&mdash;the result of a fatiguing
-journey.”</p>
-
-<p>There now remains on the table only the card intended for the
-“surprise.” This, however, must be left untouched, the other
-cards gathered up, shuffled, cut, and again laid out in three
-packs, not forgetting at the first deal to add a card to “the surprise.”
-After the different packs have been duly examined and
-explained, as before described, they must again be gathered up,
-shuffled, etc., indeed, the whole operation repeated, after which
-the three cards forming “the surprise” are examined; and supposing
-them to be the Seven of Hearts, the Knave of Clubs, and
-the Queen of Spades, are to be thus interpreted:</p>
-
-<p>“Seven of Hearts&mdash;pleasant thoughts and friendly intentions&mdash;Knave
-of Clubs&mdash;of a dark young man&mdash;relative to a malicious
-dark woman, or widow, who will cause him much unhappiness.”</p>
-
-
-<h3>DEALING THE CARDS BY SEVENS.</h3>
-
-<p>After having shuffled the pack of thirty-two selected cards&mdash;which,
-as we before stated, consist of the Ace, King, Queen,
-Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven of each suit&mdash;either cut them
-yourself, or, if acting for another person, let that person cut
-them, taking care to use the <em>left</em> hand. Then count seven cards,
-beginning with the one lying on the top of the pack. The first
-six are useless, so put them aside, and retain only the seventh,
-which is to be placed face uppermost on the table before you.
-Repeat this three times more, then shuffle and cut the cards you
-have thrown on one side, together with those remaining in your
-hand, and tell them out in sevens as before, until you have thus
-obtained twelve cards. It is, however, indispensable that the
-one representing the person whose fortune is being told should
-be among the number; therefore, the whole operation must be
-recommenced in case of it not having made its appearance.
-Your twelve cards being now spread out before you in the order
-in which they have come to hand, you may begin to explain
-them as described in the manner of dealing the cards in threes&mdash;always
-bearing in mind both their individual and relative
-signification. Thus, you first count the cards by sevens, beginning
-with the one representing the person for whom you are
-acting, going from <em>right</em> to <em>left</em>. Then take the two cards at
-either extremity of the line or half-circle, and unite them, and
-afterwards form the three heaps or packs and “the surprise”
-precisely as we have before described. Indeed, the only difference
-between the two methods is the manner in which the cards
-are obtained.</p>
-
-
-<h3>DEALING THE CARDS BY FIFTEENS.</h3>
-
-<p>After having well shuffled and cut the cards, or, as we have
-before said, had them cut, deal them out in two packs, containing<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span>
-sixteen cards in each. Desire the person consulting you to
-choose one of them; lay aside the first card, to form “the surprise;”
-turn up the other fifteen, and range them in a half-circle
-before you, going from left to right, placing them in the
-order in which they come to hand, and taking care to remark
-whether the one representing the person for whom you are
-acting be among them. If not, the cards must be all gathered
-up, shuffled, cut, and dealt as before, and this must be repeated
-until the missing card makes its appearance in the pack chosen
-by the person it represents. Now proceed to explain them&mdash;first,
-by interpreting the meaning of any pairs, triplets, or
-quartettes among them; then by counting them in sevens, going
-from right to left, and beginning with the card representing the
-person consulting you; and lastly, by taking the cards at either
-extremity of the line and pairing them. This being done, gather
-up the fifteen cards, shuffle, cut, and deal them so as to form
-three packs of each five cards. From each of these three packs
-withdraw the topmost card, and place them on the one laid
-aside to form “the surprise,” thus forming four packs of four
-cards each.</p>
-
-<p>Desire the person for whom you are acting to choose one of
-these packs, “for herself” or “himself,” as the case may be.
-Turn it up, and spread out the four cards it contains, from left
-to right, explaining their individual and relative signification.
-Next proceed in like manner with the pack on your left hand,
-which will be “for the house;” then the third one, “for those
-who do not expect it;” and lastly, “the surprise.”</p>
-
-<p>In order to render our meaning perfectly clear, we will give
-another example. Let us suppose that the pack for the person
-consulting you is composed of the Knave of Hearts, the Ace of
-Diamonds, the Queen of Clubs, and the Eight of Spades <em>reversed</em>.
-By the aid of the list of meanings we have given, it will be easy
-to interpret them as follows:</p>
-
-<p>“The Knave of Hearts is a gay young bachelor&mdash;the Ace of
-Diamonds&mdash;who has written, or will very soon write, a letter&mdash;the
-Queen of Clubs&mdash;to a dark woman&mdash;Eight of Spades reversed&mdash;to
-make proposals to her, which will not be accepted.”</p>
-
-<p>On looking back to the list of significations, it will be found
-to run thus:</p>
-
-<p><em>Knave of Hearts.</em>&mdash;A gay young bachelor, who thinks only of
-pleasure.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ace of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;A letter soon to be received.</p>
-
-<p><em>Queen of Clubs.</em>&mdash;An affectionate woman, but quick-tempered
-and touchy.</p>
-
-<p><em>Eight of Spades.</em>&mdash;If reversed, a marriage broken off, or offer
-refused.</p>
-
-<p>It will thus be seen that each card forms, as it were, a phrase
-from an assemblage of which nothing but a little practice is required
-to form complete sentences. Of this we will give a further
-example, by interpreting the signification of the three other
-packs&mdash;“for the house,” “for those who do not expect it,” and
-“the surprise.” The first of these, “for the house,” we will
-suppose to consist of the Queen of Hearts, the Knave of Spades<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span>
-<em>reversed</em>, the Ace of Clubs, and the Nine of Diamonds, which
-reads thus:</p>
-
-<p>“The Queen of Hearts is a fair woman, mild and amiable in
-disposition, who&mdash;Knave of Spades reversed&mdash;will be deceived
-by a dark, ill-bred young man&mdash;the Ace of Clubs&mdash;but she will
-receive some good news, which will console her&mdash;Nine of Diamonds&mdash;although
-it is probable that the news may be delayed.”</p>
-
-<p>The pack “for those who do not expect it,” consisting of the
-Queen of Diamonds, the King of Spades, the Ace of Hearts
-<em>reversed</em>, and the Seven of Spades, would signify:</p>
-
-<p>“The Queen of Diamonds is a mischief-making woman&mdash;the
-King of Spades&mdash;who is in league with a dishonest lawyer&mdash;Ace
-of Hearts reversed&mdash;they will hold a consultation together&mdash;Seven
-of Spades&mdash;but the harm they will do will soon be
-repaired.”</p>
-
-<p>Last comes “the surprise,” formed by, we will suppose, the
-Knave of Clubs, the Ten of Diamonds, the Queen of Spades, and
-the Nine of Spades, of which the interpretation is:</p>
-
-<p>“The Knave of Clubs is a clever, enterprising young man&mdash;Ten
-of Diamonds&mdash;about to undertake a journey&mdash;Queen of
-Spades&mdash;for the purpose of visiting a widow&mdash;Nine of Spades&mdash;but
-one or both of their lives will be endangered.”</p>
-
-
-<h3>THE ITALIAN METHOD.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a pack composed of thirty-two selected cards, viz., the
-Ace, King, Queen, Knave, Ten, Nine, Eight, and Seven of each
-suit. Shuffle them well, and either cut or have them cut for
-you, according to whether you are acting for yourself or another
-person. Turn up the cards by threes, and when the triplet is
-composed of cards of the same suit, lay it aside; when of three
-different suits, pass it by without withdrawing any of the three;
-but when composed of two of one suit and one of another, withdraw
-the highest card of the two. When you have come to the end
-of the pack, gather up all the cards except those you have withdrawn;
-shuffle, cut, and again turn up by threes. Repeat this
-operation until you have obtained fifteen cards, which must
-then be spread out before you, from <em>left</em> to <em>right</em>, in the order in
-which they come to hand.</p>
-
-<p>Care must, however, be taken that the card representing the
-person making the essay is among them; if not, the whole
-operation must be recommenced until the desired result is obtained.
-We will suppose it to be some dark lady&mdash;represented
-by the Queen of Clubs&mdash;who is anxious to make the attempt for
-herself, and that the cards are laid out in the following order,
-from left to right:&mdash;Ten of Diamonds, Queen of Clubs, Eight of
-Hearts, Ace of Diamonds, Ten of Hearts, Seven of Clubs, King
-of Spades, Nine of Hearts, Knave of Spades, Ace of Clubs, Seven
-of Spades, Ten of Spades, Seven of Diamonds, Ace of Spades,
-Knave of Hearts.</p>
-
-<p>On examining them, you will find that there are three Aces
-among them, announcing good news; but, as they are at some
-distance from each other, that the tidings may be some time before
-they arrive.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>The three tens denote that the conduct of the person consulting
-the cards has not always been strictly correct. The two
-Knaves are enemies, and the three Sevens predict an illness,
-caused by them.</p>
-
-<p>You now begin to count <em>five</em> cards, beginning with the
-Queen of Clubs, who represents the person consulting you. The
-fifth card, being the Seven of Clubs, announces that the lady
-will soon receive a small sum of money. The next fifth card
-proving to be the Ace of Clubs, signifies that this money will be
-accompanied by some very joyful tidings. Next, comes the Ace
-of Spades, promising complete success to any projects undertaken
-by the person consulting the cards; then the Eight of
-Hearts, followed at the proper interval by the King of Spades,
-showing that the good news will excite the malice of a dishonest
-lawyer; but the Seven of Spades coming next announces that
-the annoyance he can cause will be of short duration, and that a
-gay fair young man&mdash;the Knave of Hearts&mdash;will soon console
-her for what she has suffered. The Ace of Diamonds tells that
-she will soon receive a letter from this fair young man&mdash;the Nine
-of Hearts&mdash;announcing a great success&mdash;Ten of Spades&mdash;but this
-will be followed by some slight chagrin&mdash;Ten of Diamonds&mdash;caused
-by a journey&mdash;Ten of Hearts&mdash;but it will soon pass,
-although&mdash;Knave of Spades&mdash;a bad, dark young man will
-endeavor&mdash;Seven of Diamonds&mdash;to turn her into ridicule. The
-Queen of Clubs, being representative of herself, shows that it is
-towards <em>her</em> that the dark young man’s malice will be directed.
-Now take the cards at either extremity of the line, and pair them
-together. The two first being the Knave of Hearts and the Ten
-of Diamonds, you may say: “A gay young bachelor is preparing
-to take a journey&mdash;Ace of Spades and Queen of Clubs&mdash;which
-will bring him to the presence of the lady consulting the cards,
-and cause her great joy. Seven of Diamonds and Eight of
-Hearts&mdash;Scandal talked about a fair young girl. Ten of Spades
-and Ace of Diamonds&mdash;tears shed upon receipt of a letter.
-Seven of Spades and Ten of Hearts&mdash;great joy, mingled with
-slight sorrow. Seven of Clubs and Ace of Clubs&mdash;A letter promising
-money. Knave of Spades and King of Spades&mdash;the winning
-of a lawsuit. The Nine of Hearts, being the one card left,
-promises complete success.”</p>
-
-<p>Now gather up the cards, shuffle, cut, and deal them out in
-five packs&mdash;one for the lady herself, one for the house, one for
-“those who do not expect it,” one for “those who do expect it,”
-and one for “the surprise,” in the first deal, laying one card
-aside for “consolation.” The rest are then equally distributed
-among the other five packs, which will four of them contain
-three cards, whilst the last only consists of two.</p>
-
-<p>We will suppose the first packet for the lady herself to be
-composed of the Ace of Diamonds, the Seven of Clubs, and the
-Ten of Hearts. The interpretation would run thus:</p>
-
-<p>“Ace of Diamonds&mdash;a letter will be shortly received&mdash;Seven
-of Clubs&mdash;announcing the arrival of a small sum of money&mdash;Ten
-of Hearts&mdash;and containing some very joyful tidings.”</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>The second pack, “for the house,” containing the King of
-Spades, the Nine of Hearts, and the Knave of Spades:</p>
-
-<p>“The person consulting the cards will receive a visit&mdash;King of
-Spades&mdash;from a lawyer&mdash;Nine of Hearts&mdash;which will greatly delight&mdash;Knave
-of Spades&mdash;a dark, ill-disposed young man.”</p>
-
-<p>The third pack, “for those who do not expect it,” composed
-of the Ace of Spades, the Knave of Hearts, and the Ace of Clubs,
-would read:</p>
-
-<p>“Ace of Spades&mdash;pleasure in store for&mdash;Knave of Hearts&mdash;a
-gay young bachelor&mdash;Ace of Clubs&mdash;by means of money; but as
-the Knave of Hearts is placed between two Aces, it is evident
-that he runs a great risk of being imprisoned; and from the two
-cards signifying respectively ‘pleasure’ and ‘money,’ that it
-will be for having run into debt.”</p>
-
-<p>The fourth pack, “for those who do expect it,” containing
-the Eight of Hearts, the Queen of Clubs, and the Ten of Diamonds:</p>
-
-<p>“The Eight of Hearts&mdash;the love-affairs of a fair young girl will
-oblige&mdash;the Queen of Clubs&mdash;the person consulting the cards&mdash;Ten
-of Diamonds&mdash;to take a journey.”</p>
-
-<p>The fifth pack, “for the surprise,” consists of the Seven of
-Spades and the Ten of Spades, meaning:</p>
-
-<p>“Seven of Spades&mdash;slight trouble&mdash;Ten of Spades&mdash;caused by
-some person’s imprisonment&mdash;The Card of Consolation&mdash;Seven
-of Diamonds&mdash;which will turn out to have been a mere report.”</p>
-
-
-<h3>PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE.</h3>
-
-<p>The person wishing to try her fortune in this manner (we will
-suppose her to be a young, fair person, represented by the Eight
-of Hearts), must well shuffle, and cut with the left hand, the
-pack of thirty-two cards; after which she must lay aside the
-topmost and undermost cards, to form the surprise. There will
-now remain thirty cards, which must be dealt out in three parcels&mdash;one
-to the left, one in the middle, and one to the right.</p>
-
-<p>The left-hand pack represents the Past; the middle, the Present;
-and the one on the right hand, the Future. She must commence
-with the “Past,” which we will suppose to contain these
-ten cards: The King of Clubs, the Ace of Spades, the Knave of
-Diamonds, the Nine of Diamonds, the Ace of Hearts, the Knave
-of Hearts, the Queen of Hearts, the King of Spades, the Knave
-of Clubs, and the King of Hearts.</p>
-
-<p>She would remark that picture-cards predominating was a
-favorable sign; also that the presence of three Kings proved
-that powerful persons were interesting themselves in her affairs.
-The three Knaves, however, warn her to beware of false friends,
-and the Nine of Diamonds predicts some great annoyance,
-overcome by some good and amiable person, represented by the
-Queen of Hearts. The two Aces also give notice of a plot.
-Taking the cards in the order they lay, the explanation would
-run thus:</p>
-
-<p>“The King of Clubs&mdash;a frank, open-hearted man&mdash;Ace of
-Spades&mdash;fond of gayety and pleasure, is disliked by Knave of
-Diamonds&mdash;an unfaithful friend&mdash;Nine of Diamonds&mdash;who seeks<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span>
-to injure him. The Ace of Hearts&mdash;a love-letter&mdash;Knave of
-Hearts&mdash;from a gay young bachelor to a fair, amiable woman&mdash;Queen
-of Hearts&mdash;causes&mdash;King of Spades&mdash;a lawyer to endeavor
-to injure a clever&mdash;Knave of Clubs&mdash;enterprising young man,
-who is saved from him by&mdash;the King of Hearts&mdash;a good and
-powerful man. Nevertheless, as the Knave of Clubs is placed
-between two similar cards, he has run great risk of being imprisoned
-through the machinations of his enemy.”</p>
-
-<p>The second parcel, “the Present,” containing the Ten of Diamonds,
-the Nine of Spades, the Eight of Spades, the Queen of
-Diamonds, the Queen of Clubs, the Eight of Hearts, the Seven
-of Spades, the Ten of Spades, Queen of Spades, the Eight of
-Diamonds, signifies:</p>
-
-<p>“The Ten of Diamonds&mdash;a voyage or journey, at that moment
-taking place&mdash;Nine of Spades&mdash;caused by the death or
-dangerous illness of some one&mdash;Eight of Spades&mdash;whose state
-will occasion great grief&mdash;Queen of Diamonds&mdash;to a fair woman.
-The Queen of Clubs&mdash;An affectionate woman seeks to console&mdash;Eight
-of Hearts&mdash;a fair young girl, who is the person making
-the essay&mdash;Seven of Spades&mdash;who has secret griefs&mdash;Ten of
-Spades&mdash;causing her many tears&mdash;Queen of Spades&mdash;these are
-occasioned by the conduct of either a dark woman or a widow,
-who&mdash;Eight of Diamonds&mdash;is her rival.”</p>
-
-<p>The third packet of cards, “the Future,” we will suppose to
-contain the Eight of Clubs, the Ten of Clubs, the Seven of Diamonds,
-the Ten of Hearts, the Seven of Clubs, the Nine of
-Hearts, the Ace of Diamonds, the Knave of Spades, the Seven
-of Hearts, the Nine of Clubs, which would read thus:</p>
-
-<p>“In the first place, the large number of small cards foretells
-success in enterprises, although the presence of three sevens
-predicts an illness. The Eight of Clubs&mdash;a dark young girl&mdash;Ten
-of Clubs&mdash;is about to inherit a large fortune&mdash;Seven of Diamonds&mdash;but
-her satirical disposition will destroy&mdash;Ten of Hearts&mdash;all her happiness.
-Seven of Clubs&mdash;A little money and&mdash;Nine
-of Hearts&mdash;much joy&mdash;Ace of Hearts&mdash;will be announced to the
-person making the essay by a letter, and&mdash;Knave of Spades&mdash;a
-wild young man&mdash;Seven of Hearts&mdash;will be overjoyed at receiving&mdash;Nine
-of Clubs&mdash;some unexpected tidings. The cards of
-surprise&mdash;viz., the King of Diamonds and the Ace of Clubs&mdash;predict
-that a letter will be received from some military man,
-and that it will contain money.”</p>
-
-
-<h3>THE STAR METHOD OF CONSULTING THE CARDS.</h3>
-
-<p>We will suppose the person making the essay to be a widow,
-and consequently represented by the Queen of Spades. This
-card is, therefore, to be withdrawn from the pack, and laid,
-face uppermost, upon the table. The remaining thirty-one
-cards are then to be well shuffled, cut, the topmost card withdrawn
-and placed lengthwise, and face uppermost, above the
-head of the Queen of Spades. The cards are to be shuffled, cut,
-and the topmost card withdrawn, twelve more times, the manner
-of their arrangement being this: The Queen of Spades in
-the center, the first card lengthwise above her head, the second<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span>
-ditto at her feet, the third on her right side, the fourth on her
-left, the fifth placed upright above the first, the sixth ditto
-below the second, the seventh at the right of the third, the
-eighth at the left of the fourth, the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and
-twelfth, at the four corners, and the thirteenth across the center
-card&mdash;the Queen of Spades&mdash;thus forming a star.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter" style="width: 526px;">
-<img src="images/i_015.jpg" width="526" height="650" alt="Card layout." />
-</div>
-
-<p>We will suppose these fourteen cards to be the Queen of
-Spades, which represents the person making the essay;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span>
-then&mdash;1. The Ace of Hearts; 2. The King of Clubs; 3. The Ten
-of Clubs; 4. Nine of Diamonds; 5. Queen of Clubs; 6. The
-Eight of Hearts; 7. The Ten of Spades; 8. The Knave of
-Clubs; 9. The Seven of Clubs; 10. The Ten of Hearts; 11. The
-Knave of Diamonds; 12. The Eight of Diamonds; 13. The Nine of
-Clubs. These being placed at right angles, the person consulting
-them takes them up two by two, beginning with those last
-laid down.</p>
-
-<p>The first card, 12, the Eight of Diamonds, and the one in the
-<em>opposite</em> corner, viz., 11, the Knave of Diamonds, read&mdash;“Overtures
-will be made&mdash;Knave of Diamonds&mdash;by a fair young man&mdash;next
-two cards, 10 and 9, Ten of Hearts&mdash;which will prove unsuccessful&mdash;Seven
-of Clubs&mdash;on account of something connected
-with money. Next two cards, 8 and 7, the Knave of Clubs&mdash;a
-clever, dark young man&mdash;Ten of Spades&mdash;will be greatly grieved
-by, 6&mdash;Eight of Hearts, a fair girl to whom he is attached. Next
-two cards, 5 and 4, the Queen of Clubs&mdash;A dark woman&mdash;Nine of
-Diamonds&mdash;will be annoyed at not receiving, 3&mdash;Ten of Clubs&mdash;a
-sum of money&mdash;next two cards, 2 and 1, the King of Clubs&mdash;which
-was to have been sent her by a generous dark man, who is
-fond of obliging his friends&mdash;Ace of Hearts&mdash;it will at last arrive,
-accompanied by a love-letter&mdash;13th card, placed across the
-Queen of Spades, Nine of Clubs&mdash;and be the cause of unexpected
-gain to the person consulting the cards.” There is a shorter and
-simpler way of doing this, by surrounding the card representing
-the person trying his or her fortune, with a less number of
-cards.</p>
-
-<p>The cards are shuffled and cut as before described, and the
-topmost one withdrawn. We will suppose the center card to be
-the Knave of Clubs, representing a dark young man&mdash;the first
-topmost one proves to be the Ace of Clubs, and this is placed
-above the head of the Knave&mdash;the second, the Eight of Hearts, is
-placed at his feet&mdash;the third, the Knave of Diamonds, at his right
-side&mdash;the fourth, the Queen of Spades, on his left. These read&mdash;“Ace
-of Clubs&mdash;You will soon receive a letter, which will give
-you great pleasure&mdash;Eight of Hearts&mdash;from a fair girl. Knave of
-Diamonds&mdash;An unfaithful friend&mdash;Queen of Spades&mdash;and a malicious
-widow, will seek to injure you on that very account.”</p>
-
-
-<h3>TO KNOW IF YOU WILL GET YOUR WISH.</h3>
-
-<p>Shuffle the cards well, and cut, or have them cut, with the <em>left</em>
-hand. Then deal out thirteen cards. If among these is to be
-found one or more Aces lay them aside, shuffle and cut the remaining
-ones, and again deal thirteen; withdraw the Aces as
-before, and again shuffle, cut, and deal. If, in these three deals,
-all four aces make their appearance, you will get your wish.
-If all the Aces come at the first deal, the response is in the highest
-degree favorable.</p>
-
-
-<h3>THE ENGLISH METHOD OF CONSULTING THE CARDS.</h3>
-
-<p>Having described the French and Italian methods of consulting
-the cards, we will proceed to notice the manner in which the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span>
-art of fortune-telling is generally practiced in England and
-Scotland. Hitherto only thirty-two cards have been made use
-of, but now the whole pack is employed. The significations
-also slightly differ; therefore we shall first give a complete list
-of them, and then pass on to describe how the cards are to be
-arranged, so as to disclose their mystic meanings.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ace of Clubs.</em>&mdash;Wealth, happiness, and peace of mind.</p>
-
-<p><em>King of Clubs.</em>&mdash;A dark man, upright, faithful, and affectionate
-in disposition.</p>
-
-<p><em>Queen of Clubs.</em>&mdash;A dark woman, gentle and pleasing.</p>
-
-<p><em>Knave of Clubs.</em>&mdash;A sincere, but hasty friend&mdash;also a dark
-man’s thoughts.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ten of Clubs.</em>&mdash;Unexpected riches, and loss of a dear friend.</p>
-
-<p><em>Nine of Clubs.</em>&mdash;Disobedience to friends’ wishes.</p>
-
-<p><em>Eight of Clubs.</em>&mdash;A covetous man&mdash;also warns against speculations.</p>
-
-<p><em>Seven of Clubs.</em>&mdash;Promises good fortune and happiness; but bids
-a person beware of the opposite sex.</p>
-
-<p><em>Six of Clubs.</em>&mdash;Predicts a lucrative business.</p>
-
-<p><em>Five of Clubs.</em>&mdash;A prudent marriage.</p>
-
-<p><em>Four of Clubs.</em>&mdash;Cautions against inconstancy or change of object
-for the sake of money.</p>
-
-<p><em>Three of Clubs.</em>&mdash;Shows that a person will be more than once
-married.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two of Clubs.</em>&mdash;A disappointment.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ace of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;A letter&mdash;from whom, and about what, is
-seen by the neighboring cards.</p>
-
-<p><em>King of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;A fair man, hot-tempered, obstinate, and
-revengeful.</p>
-
-<p><em>Queen of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;A fair woman, fond of company, and a
-coquette.</p>
-
-<p><em>Knave of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;A near relation, who considers only his
-own interests. Also a fair person’s thoughts.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ten of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;Money.</p>
-
-<p><em>Nine of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;Show that a person is fond of roving.</p>
-
-<p><em>Eight of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;A marriage late in life.</p>
-
-<p><em>Seven of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;Satire, evil speaking.</p>
-
-<p><em>Six of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;Early marriage and widowhood.</p>
-
-<p><em>Five of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;Unexpected news.</p>
-
-<p><em>Four of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;Trouble arising from unfaithful friends.
-Also a betrayed secret.</p>
-
-<p><em>Three of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;Quarrels, law-suits, and domestic disagreements.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two of Diamonds.</em>&mdash;An engagement, against the wishes of
-friends.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ace of Hearts.</em>&mdash;The house. If attended by Spades, it foretells
-quarreling&mdash;if by Hearts, affection and friendship&mdash;by Diamonds,
-money and distant friends&mdash;and Clubs, feasting and
-merry-making.</p>
-
-<p><em>King of Hearts.</em>&mdash;A fair man of good-natured disposition, but
-hasty and rash.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span></p>
-
-<p><em>Queen of Hearts.</em>&mdash;A fair woman, faithful, prudent, and affectionate.</p>
-
-<p><em>Knave of Hearts.</em>&mdash;The dearest friend of the consulting party.
-Also a fair person’s thoughts.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ten of Hearts.</em>&mdash;Is prophetic of happiness and many children&mdash;is
-corrective of the bad tidings of cards next to it, and confirms
-good ones.</p>
-
-<p><em>Nine of Hearts.</em>&mdash;Wealth and high esteem. Also the wish card.</p>
-
-<p><em>Eight of Hearts.</em>&mdash;Pleasure, company.</p>
-
-<p><em>Seven of Hearts.</em>&mdash;A fickle and false friend, against whom be on
-your guard.</p>
-
-<p><em>Six of Hearts.</em>&mdash;A generous but credulous person.</p>
-
-<p><em>Five of Hearts.</em>&mdash;Troubles caused by unfounded jealousy.</p>
-
-<p><em>Four of Hearts.</em>&mdash;A person not easily won.</p>
-
-<p><em>Three of Hearts.</em>&mdash;Sorrow caused by a person’s own imprudence.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two of Hearts.</em>&mdash;Great success; but equal care and attention
-needed to secure it.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ace of Spades.</em>&mdash;Great misfortune, spite.</p>
-
-<p><em>King of Spades.</em>&mdash;A dark, ambitious man.</p>
-
-<p><em>Queen of Spades.</em>&mdash;A malicious, dark woman&mdash;generally a
-widow.</p>
-
-<p><em>Knave of Spades.</em>&mdash;An indolent, envious person; a dark man’s
-thoughts.</p>
-
-<p><em>Ten of Spades.</em>&mdash;Grief, imprisonment.</p>
-
-<p><em>Nine of Spades.</em>&mdash;A card of very bad import, foretelling sickness
-and misfortune.</p>
-
-<p><em>Eight of Spades.</em>&mdash;Warns a person to be cautious in his undertakings.</p>
-
-<p><em>Seven of Spades.</em>&mdash;Loss of a friend, attended with much trouble.</p>
-
-<p><em>Six of Spades.</em>&mdash;Wealth through industry.</p>
-
-<p><em>Five of Spades.</em>&mdash;Shows that a bad temper requires correcting.</p>
-
-<p><em>Four of Spades.</em>&mdash;Sickness.</p>
-
-<p><em>Three of Spades.</em>&mdash;A journey.</p>
-
-<p><em>Two of Spades.</em>&mdash;A removal.</p>
-
-<p>Having given the signification of the various cards, we will
-now proceed to describe how they are to be employed. After
-having well shuffled, cut them three times, and lay them out in
-rows of nine cards each. Select any King or Queen you please
-to represent yourself; and wherever you find that card placed,
-count nine cards every way, reckoning it as one; and every ninth
-card will prove the prophetic one. Before, however, beginning
-to count, study well the disposition of the cards, according to
-their individual and relative signification. If a married woman
-consult the cards, she must make her husband the King of the
-same suit of which she is Queen; but if a single woman, she may
-make any favorite male friend King of whatever suit she pleases.
-As the Knaves of the various suits represent the <em>thoughts</em> of the
-persons represented by the picture-cards of a corresponding
-color, they should also be counted from.</p>
-
-
-<h3>TO TELL WHETHER YOU WILL GET YOUR WISH.</h3>
-
-<p>To try whether you will get your wish, shuffle the cards well,
-all the time keeping your thoughts fixed upon whatever wish<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span>
-you may have formed; cut them once, and remark what card
-you cut; shuffle them again, and deal out into three parcels.
-Examine each of these in turn, and if you find the card you
-turned up next either the one representing yourself&mdash;the Ace of
-Hearts or the Nine of Hearts&mdash;you will get your wish. If it be
-in the same parcel with any of these, without being next them,
-there is a chance of your wish coming to pass at some more distant
-period; but if the Nine of Spades makes its appearance,
-you may count on being disappointed.</p>
-
-
-
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-<h2><a name="GOOD_AND_BAD_OMENS" id="GOOD_AND_BAD_OMENS">GOOD AND BAD OMENS.</a></h2>
-
-
-<p>The word omen is well known to signify a sign, good or bad,
-or a prognostic. It may be defined to be that indication of something
-future which we get as it were by accident, and without
-seeking for. A superstitious regard to omens seems anciently
-to have made very considerable additions to the common load of
-infelicity. They are in these enlightened days pretty generally
-disregarded, and we look back with perfect security and indifference
-on those trivial and truly ridiculous accidents which
-alternately afford matter of joy and sorrow to our ancestors.
-Omens appear to have been so numerous, that we must despair
-of ever being able to recover one-half of them, and to evince that
-in all ages men have been self-tormentors, the bad omens fill a
-catalogue infinitely more extensive than that of the good. An
-extensive set of omens has been taken from what first happens
-to one, or what animal or person one meets first in the morning,
-or at the commencement of an undertaking&mdash;the <em>first-foot</em>,
-as it is called. To stumble has been universally held to presage
-misfortune. Some semblance of a reason might be found for
-this belief, inasmuch as stumbling may be supposed to indicate
-that that self-possession and conscious courage, which are in
-themselves half a victory over circumstances, are lacking&mdash;the
-want of them, therefore, being half a defeat; but in most cases
-the interpretation seems altogether arbitrary. The dread of a
-hare crossing the path seems to be widely prevalent; while to
-see a wolf is a good omen. This feeling is probably a remnant
-of warlike times, when the timid hare suggested thoughts of
-cowardice and flight; while the bold wolf, sacred to Odin, was
-emblematic of victory. The character of the hare for being unlucky
-is also connected with the deep-rooted belief that witches
-are in the habit of transforming themselves into hares. That to
-meet an old woman is unlucky, is another very general belief,
-arising, without doubt, from the same causes that led to
-their being considered witches. In some places, women in
-general are unlucky as first-foot, with the singular exception of
-women of bad reputation. This belief prevailed as far back as
-the age of Chrysostom. Priests, too, are ominous of evil. If hunters
-of old met a priest or friar, they coupled up their hounds and
-went home in despair of any further sport that day. This superstition
-seems to have died out, except in the case of sailors, who<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span>
-still consider the clergy a “kittle cargo,” as a Scotch skipper expressed
-it, and anticipate a storm or mischance when they have
-a black coat on board. This seems as old as the prophet Jonah.
-Sneezing, likewise, has long been looked upon as supernatural,
-for this reason, that it is sudden, unaccountable, uncontrollable,
-and therefore ominous. The person is considered as possessed
-for the time, and a form of exorcism is used. A nurse would not
-think she had done her duty, if, when her charge sneezes, she
-did not say, “Bless the child,” just as the Greeks, more than two
-thousand years ago, said, “Zeus protect thee.”</p>
-
-<p>One general remark, however, it is important to make in regard
-to omens. An omen is not conceived to be a mere sign of
-what is destined to be&mdash;it is conceived as causing, in some mysterious
-way, the event it forebodes; and the consequence, it is
-thought, may be prevented by some counteracting charm. Thus
-the spilling of salt not only forebodes strife, but strife is conceived
-as the consequence of the spilling of the salt, and may be
-hindered by taking up the spilled salt, and throwing it over the
-left shoulder. Perhaps half the superstitious beliefs that yet
-survive among civilized and Christian communities group themselves
-round the subject of love and marriage&mdash;of such intense
-interest to all, yet so mysterious in its origin, and problematic
-in its issue. The liking or passion for one individual rather
-than any other is so unaccountable, that the God of Love has
-been fabled blind; it is of the nature of fascination, magic, spell.
-And then, whether happiness or the reverse shall be the result,
-seems beyond the reach of ordinary calculation. All is apparently
-given over to mystery, chance, fortune; and any circumstances
-may, for what we know, influence or indicate what fortune’s
-wheel shall bring round. Hence the innumerable ways
-of prognosticating which of two or more persons shall be first
-married, who or what manner of person shall be the future husband
-or wife, the number of children, etc. It is generally at
-particular seasons, as at the Eve of St. Agnes, and Halloween,
-that the veil of the future may thus be lifted.</p>
-
-<p>The observation of <em>lucky</em> and <em>unlucky</em> days was once an important
-matter, and was often the turning-point of great events.
-It is now mostly confined to the one subject of marriage. In fixing
-the wedding day, May among months and Friday among
-days are shunned by many people, both in educated and uneducated
-circles; for in this matter, which is the exclusive province
-of women, and in which sentiment and fancy are in every way
-so much more active than reason, the educated and uneducated
-are reduced to a level. We will give a large collection of
-omens, with their interpretation, having selected from all the
-best works on the subject, and will begin with “Good and Evil
-Days”:</p>
-
-<p>1. In an old MS., the writer, after stating that the most learned
-mathematicians have decided that the 1st of August, the 4th of
-September, and the 11th of March are most injudicious to let
-blood, and that philosophers have settled that the 10th of August,
-1st of December, and 6th of April are perilous to those<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span>
-who surfeit themselves in eating and drinking, continues as follows,
-assigning reasons why certain days should be marked as
-infelicitous:</p>
-
-<p>“We read of an old Arabian philosopher, a man of divers rare
-observations, who did remark three Mundayes in a year to be
-most unfortunate either to let blood or begin any notable worke,
-viz., the first Munday of April, ye weh day Caine was borne, and
-his brother Abell slaine; the 2d is the first Munday of August,
-the which day Sodom and Gomorrha were confounded; the 3d
-is the last Munday of December, the which day Judas Iscariott
-was borne, who betrayed our Saviour Jesus Christ. These three
-dayes, together with the Innocents’ Day, by divers of the learned
-are reputed to be most unfortunate of all dayes, and ought to be
-eschewed by all men for ye great mishaps which often do occur
-in them.</p>
-
-<p>“And thus much concerning the opinion of our ancient of
-dayes. So in like manner I will repeat unto you certain dayes
-yt be observed by some old writers, chiefly the ancient astrologians,
-who did allege that there were 28 dayes in the yeare which
-were revealed by the Angel Gabriel to the good Joseph, which
-ever have been remarked to be very fortunate dayes either to
-purge, let bloud, cure wounds, use merchandises, sow seed, plant
-trees, build houses, or taking journies, in long or short voyages,
-in fighting or giving of battaile, or skirmishing. They also doe
-alledge that children who were borne in any of these dayes could
-never be poore; and all children who were put to schooles or
-colledges in those dayes should become great schollars, and those
-who were put to any craft or trade in such dayes should become
-perfect artificers and rich, and such as were put to trade in merchandise
-should become most wealthy. The dayes be these: the
-3d and 13th of January, ye 5th and 28th of Feb., ye 3d, 22d, and
-30th of March, the 5th, 22d, and 29th of April, ye 4th and 28th of
-May, ye 3d and 8th of June, the 12th, 18th, and 15th of July, ye
-12th of August, ye 1st, 7th, 24th, and 28th of September, the 4th
-and 15th of October, ye 13th and 19th of Novr., ye 23d and 26th of
-December. And thus much concerning ye dayes which are by
-ye most curious part of ye learned remarked to be good and
-evill.”</p>
-
-<p>2. “Astronomers say that six days of the year are perilous of
-death; and therefore they forbid men to let blood of them, or
-take any drink; that is to say, January 3, July 1, October 2, the
-last of April, August 4, the last day going out of December.
-These six days with great diligence ought to be kept, but namely
-[?mainly] the latter three, for all the veins are then full. For
-then, whether man or beast be knit in them within seven days,
-or certainly within fourteen days, he shall die. And if they
-take any drinks within fifteen days, they shall die; and if they
-eat any goose in three days, within forty days they shall die;
-and if any child be born in these three latter days, they shall
-die a wicked death. Astronomers and astrologers say that in
-the beginning of March, the seventh night, or the fourteenth
-day, let the blood of the right arm; and in the beginning of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span>
-April, the 11th day, of the left arm; and in the end of May, 3d
-or 5th day, on whether arm thou wilt; and thus, of all the year,
-thou shalt orderly be kept from the fever, the falling gout, the
-sister gout, and loss of thy sight.”</p>
-
-<p>3. May has its fatalities; the notion that to be married in it is
-a bad omen is as old as the age of Ovid. This is not disregarded
-in the present day, which will explain the great number of marriages
-that take place late in April.</p>
-
-<p>It is remarkable that among the thirty-three sovereigns who
-have sat on the English throne since William the Conqueror,
-although each of the eleven months has witnessed the accession
-of one or more, the month of May has not been so fortunate&mdash;none
-having ascended the throne within its limits.</p>
-
-<p>4. Friday is not now generally considered an unlucky day, although
-many still hesitate before starting on a journey or getting
-married on Friday. The following facts, derived from
-history, show how little we have to dread “the fatal day:”</p>
-
-<p>“On Friday, August 21, 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed on
-his great voyage of discovery. On Friday, October 12, 1492, he
-first discovered land. On Friday, January 4, 1493, he sailed on
-his return to Spain, which, if he had not reached in safety, the
-happy result would never have been known which led to the
-settlement on this vast continent. On Friday, March 15, 1493,
-he arrived at Palos in safety. On Friday, November 22, 1493,
-he arrived at Hispaniola, in his second voyage to America. On
-Friday, June 13, 1494, he, though unknown to himself, discovered
-the continent of America. On Friday, March 5, 1496,
-Henry VIII. of England gave to John Cabot his commission,
-which led to the discovery of North America. This is the first
-American state-paper in England. On Friday, September 7,
-1565, Melendez founded St. Augustine, the oldest town in the
-United States by more than forty years. On Friday, November
-10, 1620, the <em>May-Flower</em>, with the Pilgrims, made the harbor of
-Province Town, and on the same day they signed that august
-compact, the forerunner of our present glorious constitution.
-On Friday, December 22, 1620, the Pilgrims made their final
-landing at Plymouth Rock. On Friday, February 22, George
-Washington, the father of American freedom, was born. On
-Friday, June 16, Bunker Hill was seized and fortified. On Friday,
-October 7, 1777, the surrender of Saratoga was made, which
-had such power and influence in inducing France to declare for
-our cause. On Friday, September 22, 1780, the treason of Arnold
-was laid bare, which saved us from destruction. On Friday,
-October 19, 1781, the surrender at Yorktown, the crowning
-glory of the American arms, occurred. On Friday, July 7, 1776,
-the motion in Congress was made by John Adams, seconded by
-Richard Henry Lee, that the United States colonies were, and of
-right ought to be, free and independent.”</p>
-
-<p>5. “Nail gifts” are white specks on the finger-nails; which,
-according to their respective situations, are believed to predict
-certain events, as indicated in the following couplet, which is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span>
-repeated whilst touching the thumb and each finger in succession:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentbase">A gift, a friend, a foe,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">A lover to come, a journey to go.</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>Sometimes the augury is expressed in positive terms; as,</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentbase">A gift on the thumb is sure to come:</div>
-<div class="indentbase">A gift on the finger is sure to linger.</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>This mode of prognostication is of long standing. Melton, in
-his “Astrologaster,” a very old work, giving a catalogue of many
-superstitious ceremonies, tells us that “to have yellow speckles
-in the nailes of one’s hands is a greate signe of death.” In
-Reed’s old plays we read:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“When yellow spots do on your hands appear,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Be certain then you of a corse shall hear.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>6. Sneezing has been held ominous from times of the most remote
-antiquity.</p>
-
-<p>The comet of 590 was, according to some authors, the occasion
-of a custom, which is extensively diffused among all the
-nations of Christendom. In the year of this comet a frightful
-plague prevailed, which was alleged to be due to its influence.
-While the malady was at its height, a sneezing was frequently
-followed by death; whence the saying, <em>God bless you!</em> with
-which, since that time, sneezers are saluted. St. Austin tells
-us that “the ancients were wont to go to bed again, if they
-sneezed while they put on their shoe.” Aristotle says: “Sneezing
-from noon to midnight was good, but from night to noon
-unlucky.”</p>
-
-<p>7. The custom of throwing an old shoe for good luck over or
-after the bride and bridegroom, upon their leaving the church,
-or the home of the bride, after the wedding, has, of late years,
-been as it were revived. It is, unquestionably, one of those demonstrations
-of good wishes which find their way in the commonest
-modes of expression. But, it is not confined to weddings;
-the propitiation extends to all prospective views of good
-fortune.</p>
-
-<p>It is related that an English cattle-dealer desired his wife to
-“trull her left shoe arter him,” when he started for Norwich to
-buy a lottery-ticket. As he drove off on his errand, he looked
-round to see if she practiced the charm, and consequently he
-received the shoe in his face, with such force as to black his
-eyes. He went, and bought his ticket, which turned up a prize
-of £600.</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_8"></a>8. The horse-shoe has been, from time immemorial, considered
-a protection from witchcraft and other ills; and has been
-nailed at the entrance of dwellings, to prevent the entrance of
-witches.</p>
-
-<p>Butler, in “Hudibras,” makes his conjurer chase away evil<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span>
-spirits by the horse-shoe; and Gay, in one of his Fables, makes
-a supposed witch complain:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentbase">“The horse-shoe’s nailed, each threshold’s guard.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>Nelson the great English admiral, was of a credulous turn,
-had great faith in the luck of a horse-shoe, and one was nailed
-to the mast of the ship <em>Victory</em>. “Lucky Dr. James” attributed
-the success of his fever-powder to his finding a horse-shoe.
-When a poor apothecary, he was introduced to Newbery, of St.
-Paul’s church-yard, to vend the medicine for him. One Sunday
-morning, as James was on his way to Newbery’s country-house
-at Vauxhall, in passing over Westminster Bridge, seeing a horse-shoe
-lying in the road, and considering it to be a sign of good
-luck, he put the shoe into his pocket. As Newbery was a shrewd
-man, he became James’s agent for the sale of his fever-powder;
-whilst the doctor ascribed all his success to the horse-shoe,
-which he subsequently adopted as the crest upon his carriage.
-(See <a href="#Ref_62">62</a>.)</p>
-
-<p>9. Cauls are little membranes found on some children, encompassing
-the head when born. This is thought a good omen
-to the child itself, and many believe that whoever obtains it by
-purchase will be fortunate and escape dangers. The caul is
-esteemed an infallible preservative against drowning, and is
-much sought after by sailors.</p>
-
-<p>10. Salt falling toward a person was considered formerly as a
-very unlucky omen. Something had either already happened to
-one of the family, or was shortly to befall the persons spilling it.
-It denotes also the quarreling of friends. It is thought, however,
-that the evil consequences arising from spilling salt may be
-averted by throwing a little of the salt over the left shoulder, or
-immediately eating a <em>pinch</em> of it. In the “British Apollo,” published
-in London, 1708, we find the following in relation to the
-superstition:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“We’ll tell you the reason</div>
-<div class="indentone">Why spilling of salt</div>
-<div class="indentone">Is esteemed such a fault;</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Because it doth everything season.</div>
-<div class="indentone">The antiques did opine,</div>
-<div class="indentone">’Twas of friendship a sign,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">So served it to guests in decorum;</div>
-<div class="indentone">And thought love decayed,</div>
-<div class="indentone">When the negligent maid</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Let the saltcellar tumble before them.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>11. The casual putting the left shoe on the right foot, or the
-right on the left, was thought in old times to be the forerunner of
-some unlucky accident. Scott, in his “Discovery of Witchcraft,”
-tells us: “He that receiveth a mischance will consider whether
-he put not on his shirt wrong side outwards, or his left shoe on
-his right foot.” Thus Butler in his “Hudibras”:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“Augustus, having b’ oversight,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Put on his left shoe ’fore his right,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Had like to have been slain that day.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">By soldiers mutiny’ng for pay.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>Similar to this is putting on one stocking with the wrong side
-outward, without design; though changing it alters the luck;
-and if you accidentally put on any garment wrong side out, and
-make a wish before changing it, the wish will come true.</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_12"></a>12. To arise on the <em>right</em> side is accounted lucky. In the old
-play of the “Dumb Knight,” published 1633, Act iv., Scene 1,
-Alphonso says:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“Sure I said my prayers, <em>rose on my right side</em>,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Washed my hands and eyes, put on my girdle last;</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Sure I met no splay-footed baker,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">No hare did cross me, nor no bearded witch,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Nor other ominous sign.” (See <a href="#Ref_27">27</a>.)</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>13. When the nose itches, it is a sign that you will have company
-visit you the same day. In Melton’s “Astrologaster,” No.
-27, it is observed “that when a <em>man’s nose itcheth</em> it is a sign he
-shall drink wine;” and in No. 28, that, “if <em>your lips itch</em>, it is a
-sign you shall kisse somebody.”</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_14"></a>14. The nose falling a-bleeding appears, by the following passage
-from an old play, to have been an omen of bad luck:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“How superstitiously we mind our evils!</div>
-<div class="indentbase">The throwing down of salt, or crossing of a hare,</div>
-<div class="indentbase"><em>Bleeding at nose</em>, the stumbling of a horse,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Or singing of a cricket, are of power</div>
-<div class="indentbase">To daunt whole man in us.” (See <a href="#Ref_27">27</a> and <a href="#Ref_40">40</a>.)</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_15"></a>15. Washing the hands, says Grose, in the same basin, or with
-the same water, that another person has washed in, is extremely
-unlucky, as the parties will infallibly quarrel.</p>
-
-<p>16. Candle omens are very numerous. Melton, in his “Astrologaster,”
-says: “If a candle burne blue, it is a signe that there is
-a spirit in the house, or not farre from it.” A collection of tallow,
-says Grose, rising up against the wick of a candle, is styled
-a winding sheet, and deemed an omen of death in the family.</p>
-
-<p>A spark at the candle, says the same author, denotes that the
-party opposite to it will shortly receive a letter. A kind of fungus
-in the candle, observes the same writer, predicts the visit
-of a stranger from the part of the country nearest the object.
-Others say it implies the arrival of a parcel. (See <a href="#Ref_59">59</a>.)</p>
-
-<p>Dr. Goldsmith, in his “Vicar of Wakefield,” speaking of the
-waking dreams of his hero’s daughters, says: “The girls had
-their omens too; they saw rings in the candles.”</p>
-
-<p>17. In the “Secret Memoirs of the late Mr. Duncan Campbell,”
-published in London, 1732, the author says: “I have seen
-people who, after writing a <em>letter</em>, have prognosticated to themselves
-the ill success of it, if by any accident it happened to fall<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span>
-to the ground; others have seemed as impatient and exclaiming
-against their want of thought, if through haste or forgetfulness
-they have chanced to hold it before the fire to dry; but the mistake
-of a word in it is a sure omen that whatever requests it carries
-shall be refused.”</p>
-
-<p>18. If two spoons are accidentally placed in a cup or saucer
-at table, it signifies a wedding will soon take place in the family.</p>
-
-<p>19. To have a picture drop out of its frame, or to have a
-precious stone or any ornament drop from its setting while
-wearing or using it, is a bad omen.</p>
-
-<p>Stow, in his <cite>Chronicle</cite>, relates that the silver cross which was
-wont to be carried before Wolsey fell out of its socket, and was
-like to have knocked out the brains of one of his servants. A
-very little while after came in a messenger, and arrested the
-cardinal before he could get out of the house.</p>
-
-<p>20. The removal of a long-worn ring from the finger was
-thought unlucky in Elizabeth’s time; for the Queen, in her last
-illness (says Baker), commanded the ring to be filed off her
-finger, wherewith she was so solemnly at first inaugurated into
-the kingdom, and since that time had never taken it off; it being
-grown into the flesh of the finger in such a manner that it could
-not be drawn off without filing.</p>
-
-<p>21. There is an omen called “Setting the New Year in,”&mdash;that
-if the kindly office is performed by some one with <em>dark</em> hair,
-good fortune will smile on the household; while it augurs ill if
-a <em>light-haired</em> person is the first to enter the house in the New
-Year.</p>
-
-<p>22. It is a very ancient superstition that all sudden pains of the
-body, and other sensations which could not naturally be accounted
-for, were presages of somewhat that was shortly to
-happen. Shakspeare alludes to this in the following lines from
-Macbeth:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“By the pricking of my thumbs,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Something wicked this way comes.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>23. In olden times, the cat sneezing appears to have been considered
-as a lucky omen to a bride who was to be married the
-next day.</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_24"></a>24. Small spiders, termed <em>money spinners</em>, are held by many to
-prognosticate good luck, if they are not destroyed or injured,
-or removed from the person on whom they are first observed.
-In the “Secret Memoirs” of Mr. Duncan Campbell, in the chapter
-of omens, we read that “others have thought themselves
-secure of receiving money, if by chance a little spider fell upon
-their clothes.” (See <a href="#Ref_33">33</a>.)</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_25"></a>25. It is extremely unlucky, says Grose, to kill a lady-bug, a
-swallow, robin redbreast, or wren. There is a particular distich,
-he adds, in favor of the robin and wren:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“A robin and a wren</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Are God Almighty’s cock and hen.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>Persons killing any of the above-named birds or insects, or
-destroying their nests, will infallibly, within the course of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span>
-year, break a bone, or meet with some other dreadful misfortune.
-On the contrary, it is deemed lucky to have swallows build
-their nests in the eaves of a house, or in the chimneys.</p>
-
-<p>In an old pastoral published in London, 1770, the following
-occurs:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“I found a <em>robin’s nest</em> within our shed,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">And in the barn a <em>wren</em> had young ones bred.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">I never take away their nest, nor try</div>
-<div class="indentbase">To catch the old ones, lest a friend should die.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Dick took a wren’s nest from his cottage side,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">And ere a twelvemonth past his mother dy’d.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>26. It is deemed very unlucky to hear a screech-owl at night.
-“If an owl,” says Bourne, “which is reckoned a most abominable
-and unlucky bird, send forth its hoarse and dismal voice, it
-is the omen of the approach of some terrible thing&mdash;that some
-dire calamity and some great misfortune is at hand.” (See <a href="#Ref_56">56</a>.)</p>
-
-<p>This omen occurs in Chaucer:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“The jelous swan, ayenst hys deth that singeth,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">The <em>oule</em> eke, that of deth the bode bringeth.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>The following lines occur in the old pastoral before quoted in
-<a href="#Ref_25">25</a>:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“Within my cot, where quiet gave me rest,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Let the dread screech-owl build her hated nest,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">And from my window o’er the country send</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Her midnight screams to bode my latter end.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_27"></a>27. It has always been considered a very bad omen to have a
-hare (see <a href="#Ref_14">14</a>), sow, or weasel cross your path when going on a
-journey or to business. Melton, in his “Astrologaster,” says,
-that “it is a very unfortunate thing for a man to meete early in
-the morning an ill-favored man or woman, a rough-footed hen,
-a shag-haired dog, or a black cat.” Shaw, in his “History of
-Money,” tells us that the ancient Scots much regarded omens in
-their expeditions; an armed man or a wolf meeting them was a
-good omen; if a woman barefoot crossed the road before them,
-they seized her and fetched blood from her forehead; if a deer,
-fox, hare, or any kind of game appeared, and they did not kill it,
-it was an unlucky omen. We gather from a remarkable book,
-entitled “The School-master,” published in London, 1583, that
-in the ages of chivalry it was thought unlucky to meet with a
-priest, if a man was going forth to war or a tournament.</p>
-
-<p>The following superstitions among the Malabrians are related
-in Phillips’s account of them, published in 1717: “It is interpreted
-as a very bad sign if a blind man, a Bramin, or a washerwoman
-meets one on the way; as also when one meets a man
-with an empty panel, or when one sees an oil mill, or if a man
-meets us with his head uncovered, or when one hears a weeping
-voice, or sees a cat or fox crossing the way, or a dog running on
-his right hand, or when a poor man or a widow meets us on our
-way, or when we are called back.” (See <a href="#Ref_37">37</a>.)</p>
-
-<p>Gaule, in his “Mag-astromancers Posed and Puzzel’d,” holds<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span>
-it as a vain observation “to bode good or bad luck from the rising
-up on the right or left side (see <a href="#Ref_12">12</a>); from lifting the left leg
-over the threshold, at first going out of doors; from the meeting
-of a beggar or a priest the first in a morning; the meeting of a
-virgin or a harlot first; the running in of a child between two
-friends; the justling one another at unawares; one treading
-upon another’s toes; to meet one fasting that is lame or defective
-in any member; to wash in the same water with another.”
-(See <a href="#Ref_15">15</a>.)</p>
-
-<p>28. To walk under a ladder portends disappointment.</p>
-
-<p>29. To comb your hair after dark is also a sign of disappointment.</p>
-
-<p>30. If a young lady loses her garter, it presages that she has
-an inconstant lover; therefore, O lady, when thou hast this ill
-augury, look about thee, and become the happy possessor of two
-strings to thy bow, or, what is the same thing, two beaus to thy
-string.</p>
-
-<p>N. B.&mdash;Rich or very good-looking young ladies may treat the
-above with disdain.</p>
-
-<p>31. If you sing before breakfast, it denotes that you will cry
-before supper.</p>
-
-<p>32. To drop a dish-cloth, duster, or any cleaning cloth, signifies
-the arrival of one or more visitors.</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_33"></a>33. If a spider, in weaving his web in some high place, comes
-downward before your face, you may look for money from some
-unexpected source. (See <a href="#Ref_24">24</a>.)</p>
-
-<p>34. If you make a rhyme involuntarily, before speaking again
-make a wish, and it will be fulfilled.</p>
-
-<p>35. When you sleep in a strange bed, remember your dream
-and tell it before breakfast. Observing these precautions, the
-dream will probably come to pass.</p>
-
-<p>36. To break a needle while making a garment, is a sign that
-the owner will live to wear it out.</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_37"></a>37. If you return after starting on a journey, it signifies bad
-luck. (See <a href="#Ref_27">27</a>.)</p>
-
-<p>38. To remove a cat, with a family when changing residence,
-will bring bad luck.</p>
-
-<p>39. If a vacant rocking-chair is rocked violently, the next person
-who sits in it will be in danger of being ill within the year.</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_40"></a>40. It is a lucky sign to have crickets in the house. Grose
-says it is held extremely unlucky to kill a cricket, perhaps from
-the idea of its being a breach of hospitality, this insect taking
-refuge in houses. The voice of a cricket, says the “Spectator,”
-has struck more terror than the roaring of a lion.</p>
-
-<p>The following line occurs in Dryden’s and Lee’s “Œdipus:”</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“Owls, ravens, <em>crickets</em>, seem the watch of death.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>Melton says that “it is a signe of death to some in that house
-where crickets have been many yeares, if on a sudden they forsake
-the chimney.” (See <a href="#Ref_14">14</a>.)</p>
-
-<p>41. It is said that a married person will not get rich until the
-wedding clothes are worn out. It is also said to be a sign that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span>
-one will fail to get rich who tries to see to work between daylight
-and dark.</p>
-
-<p>42. It is a bad omen to postpone a marriage after the time
-positively appointed.</p>
-
-<p>43. If your right ear burns or itches, it is a sign that some absent
-person is speaking well of you; your left ear burning, signifies
-that you are being spoken ill of.</p>
-
-<p>44. The superstition has become almost universal, that the
-ticking of a little insect called the “death-watch,” presages the
-death of some one in the house.</p>
-
-<p>“How many people have I seen in the most terrible palpitations,
-for months together, expecting every hour the approach
-of some calamity, only by a little worm, which breeds in an old
-wainscot, and, endeavoring to eat its way out, makes a noise
-like the movement of a watch!”&mdash;<cite>Secret Memoirs of the late Mr.
-Duncan Campbell</cite>, 1732.</p>
-
-<p>The following witty account of this superstition, by Dean
-Swift, furnishes us with a charm to avert the omen:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indenttwo">&mdash;&mdash;“A wood-worm</div>
-<div class="indentbase">That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">With teeth or with claws it will bite, or will scratch,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Because, like a watch it always cries click;</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Then woe be to those in the house who are sick;</div>
-<div class="indentbase">For as sure as a gun they will give up the ghost,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">If the maggot cries click, when it scratches the post.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">But a kettle of boiling hot water injected</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Infallibly cures the timber affected;</div>
-<div class="indentbase">The omen is broken, the danger is over,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">The maggot will die, and the sick will recover.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>45. If a knife, scissors, or any sharp-pointed instrument is
-dropped, and stands, sticking in the floor, company may be expected.</p>
-
-<p>46. The right hand itching is a sign that the person will shake
-hands with a stranger; the left hand itching is a sign that money
-will be received soon.</p>
-
-<p>47. If you sing during any meal, it is a sign you will soon be
-disappointed.</p>
-
-<p>48. To cross a funeral procession is an ill omen.</p>
-
-<p>49. To find a pearl in an oyster betokens good fortune.</p>
-
-<p>50. To break a looking-glass foretells death. Grose tells us
-that “breaking a looking-glass betokens a mortality in the
-family, commonly the master.” Bonaparte’s (Napoleon I.)
-superstition upon this point is often recorded. “During one of
-his campaigns in Italy,” says M. de Constant, “he broke the
-glass over Josephine’s portrait. He never rested till the return
-of the courier he forthwith dispatched to assure himself of her
-safety, so strong was the impression of her death upon his
-mind.”</p>
-
-<p>51. To find a trefoil, or four-leaved clover, implies good luck;
-a five-leaved clover, bad luck. Melton, in his “Astrologaster,”
-says that “if a man walking in the fields, finde any foure-leaved<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span>
-grasse, he shall, in a small while after, finde some good
-thing.”</p>
-
-<p>52. If four persons cross hands while in the act of shaking
-hands, it indicates that two of the party will soon be married.</p>
-
-<p>53. If three unmarried persons having the same Christian
-name meet at table, it is a sign that one of the three will be
-married within a year.</p>
-
-<p>54. To be startled by a snake is a sign of sickness.</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_55"></a>55. When thirteen persons sit down together at table, it is a
-sign that one of the party will die within a year. Fosbroke, in
-his <cite>Encyclopædia of Antiquities</cite>, states that “thirteen in company
-was considered an unlucky number by the ancient
-Romans;” but he does not give any classical authority for this
-statement.</p>
-
-<p>There is at Dantzic a clock, which at 12 admits, through a
-door, Christ and the eleven, shutting out Judas, who is admitted
-at 1. But is not the belief older than the clock? The iniquity of
-Judas may have led him to be considered the thirteenth at the
-Lord’s Supper; and his self-destruction may have given to the
-number thirteen its fatal association.</p>
-
-<p>It has, however, been explained away by M. Quetelet, in his
-work on <cite>Probabilities</cite> as follows: “If the probability be required,
-that out of thirteen persons, of different ages, one of them, at
-least, shall die within a year, it will be found that the chances
-are about one to one that one death, at least, will occur. This
-calculation, by means of a false interpretation, has given rise to
-the prejudice, no less ridiculous, that the danger will be avoided
-by inviting a greater number of guests, which can only have the
-effect of augmenting the probability of the event so much apprehended.”</p>
-
-<p>This belief obtains in Italy and Russia, as well as in England.
-Moore, in his <cite>Diary</cite>, vol. ii., p. 206, mentions there being thirteen
-at dinner, one day, at Madame Catalani’s, when a French countess,
-who lived with her up-stairs, was sent for to remedy the
-grievance.</p>
-
-<p>“Lord L(ansdowne) said he had dined once abroad with
-Count Orloff, and perceived he did not sit down at dinner, but
-kept walking from chair to chair; he found afterward it was
-because the Narishken were at table, who, he knew, would rise
-instantly if they perceived the number thirteen, which Orloff
-would have made by sitting down himself.” (See <a href="#Ref_63">63</a>.)</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_56"></a>56. If a dog bays under your window at night, it portends sickness
-or death.</p>
-
-<p>Shakspeare ranks this among omens. In the play of Henry
-VI., he says:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“The owl shrieked at thy birth; an evil sign!</div>
-<div class="indentbase">The night-crow cry’d, aboding luckless time;</div>
-<div class="indentbase"><em>Dogs howl’d</em>, and hideous tempests shook down trees.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>57. The howling of dogs, says Grose, is a certain sign that some
-one of the family will very shortly die.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>The following passage is in the “Merry Devil” of Edmonton,
-1631:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentthree">“I hear the watchful dogs</div>
-<div class="indentbase">With hollow howling tell of thy approach.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>58. If you break your shoe-string, look out for your sweetheart,
-for she will bestow her love upon a stranger.</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_59"></a>59. A flake of soot hanging at the bars of the grate, denotes
-the visit of a stranger, like the fungus of a candle, from the
-part of the country nearest the object.</p>
-
-<p>Dr. Goldsmith, in his “Vicar of Wakefield,” among the omens
-of his hero’s daughters, tells us “purses bounded from the fire.”
-In some parts of England, the cinders that bound from the fire
-are carefully examined by old women and children, and according
-to their respective forms are called either <em>coffins</em> or <em>purses</em>;
-and consequently thought to be presages of death or wealth.</p>
-
-<p>A coal, says Grose, in the shape of a coffin, flying out of the
-fire towards any particular person, betokens their death not far
-off.</p>
-
-<p>Cowper alludes to this superstition in the following lines in
-his “Winter Evening:”</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentquotebase">“Me oft has fancy, ludicrous and wild,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Sooth’d with a waking dream of <em>houses</em>, <em>towers</em>,</div>
-<div class="indentbase"><em>Trees</em>, <em>churches</em>, and strange visages express’d</div>
-<div class="indentbase"><em>In the red cinders</em>, while with poring eye</div>
-<div class="indentbase">I gazed, myself creating what I saw.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Nor less amused have I quiescent watch’d</div>
-<div class="indentbase"><em>The sooty films that play upon the bars,</em></div>
-<div class="indentbase"><em>Pendulous, and foreboding</em> in the view</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Of superstition, <em>prophesying still</em>,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Though still deceived, some stranger’s near approach.”</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>60. To drop a slice of bread, with the buttered side down, is a
-sign that a visitor will come hungry.</p>
-
-<p>61. To eat up all the food which is on the table at tea-time, is
-a sign that the morrow will be a fair day.</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_62"></a>62. In olden times it was not considered a good omen to find
-money. Melton says that “it is a sign of ill-luck to find money.”
-We have seen superstitious people, at the present day, keep for
-luck any piece of money they found, but Greene, in his “Art
-of Cony-Catching,” a very old work, tells us: “’Tis ill luck to
-keep found money.” Therefore it must be spent. Mason, in his
-“Anatomie of Sorcerie,” 1612, enumerating our superstitions,
-mentions as one omen of good luck, “if drink be spilled upon
-a man: or if he find old iron.” Hence it is accounted a lucky
-omen to find a <em>horseshoe</em>. (See <a href="#Ref_8">8</a>.)</p>
-
-<p><a id="Ref_63"></a>63. The ancients thought there was luck in odd numbers. In
-setting a hen, says Grose, the good women hold it as an indispensible
-rule to put an odd number of eggs. All sorts of remedies
-are ordered to be taken, three, seven, or nine times. Salutes
-of cannon consist of an odd number. Notwithstanding these
-opinions in favor of odd numbers, the number thirteen is considered
-very ominous. (See <a href="#Ref_55">55</a>.)</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span></p>
-
-
-<h3>CONCLUDING REMARKS.</h3>
-
-<p>The belief in omens has existed in all ages and countries, and
-traces of it linger even yet in the most civilized communities,
-in the dread, for instance, that many entertain of sitting down
-to table in a party of thirteen. Not a little of the philosophy
-of omens is contained in the Scottish proverb: “Them who follow
-freits, freits follow;” meaning that a fantastic belief in impending
-evil paralyzes the endeavor that might prevent it.</p>
-
-<p>There are few omens, perhaps none, which are not universal
-in their authority, though every land in turn fancies them (like
-its proverbs) of local prescription and origin. The death-watch
-extends from America to Cashmere, and across India diagonally
-to the remotest nook of Bengal, over three thousand miles distance
-from the entrance of the Indian Punjaub. A hare crossing
-a man’s path, on starting in the morning, has been held in
-all countries alike to prognosticate evil in the course of that day.</p>
-
-
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
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-<h2><a name="WEATHER_OMENS" id="WEATHER_OMENS">WEATHER OMENS.</a></h2>
-
-
-<h3>FOR FINE AND DRY WEATHER OF LONG CONTINUANCE.</h3>
-
-<p>1. If the wind be north, north-west, or east, then veer to the
-north-east, remain there two or three days without rain, and
-then veer to the south without rain; and if thence it change
-quickly, though perhaps with a little rain, to the north-east, and
-remain there&mdash;such fine weather will last occasionally for two
-months.</p>
-
-<p>2. If there be dry weather with a weak south wind for five,
-six, or seven days, it having previously blown strongly from the
-same quarter.</p>
-
-<p>3. If spiders in spinning their webs, make the terminating
-filaments long, we may, in proportion to their length, conclude
-that the weather will be serene, and continue so for ten or
-twelve days.</p>
-
-<p>4. If there are no falling stars to be seen on a bright summer’s
-evening, you may look for fine weather.</p>
-
-<p>5. If there be a change from continued stormy or wet to clear
-and dry weather, at the time of new or full moon, or a short
-time before or after, and so remain until the second day of the new
-or full moon, it is likely to remain fine till the following quarter;
-and if it change not then, or only for a very short time, it usually
-lasts until the following new or full moon; and if it does not
-change then, or only for a very short time, it is likely to continue
-fine and dry for four or five weeks.</p>
-
-<p>6. If there be a change of weather at the time of the quarters,
-&amp;c. (under the same circumstances as in No. 5), it will probably
-last for some time.</p>
-
-<p>7. Spiders generally alter their webs once in 24 hours; if they
-do this between six and seven in the evening, there will be a
-fine night; if they alter their web in the morning, a fine day; if
-they work during rain, expect fine weather; and the more active
-and busy the spider is, the finer will be the weather.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>8. If near the full moon there be a general mist before sunrise;
-or</p>
-
-<p>9. If there be a sheep-sky, or white clouds driving to the
-north-west, it will be fine for some days.</p>
-
-
-<h3>FOR FOUL AND WET WEATHER.</h3>
-
-<p>10. If the sun rise pale, or pale-red, or even dark-blue, there
-will be <em>rain during the day</em>.</p>
-
-<p>11. If the clouds at sunrise be red, there will be <em>rain the following
-day</em>.</p>
-
-<p>12. If at sunrise many dark clouds are seen in the west, and
-remain, there will be <em>rain on that day</em>.</p>
-
-<p>13. If the sun rise covered with a dark-spotted cloud; <em>rain
-the same day</em>.</p>
-
-<p>14. If in the winter there be a red sky at sunrise; <em>steady rain
-same day</em>; in summer, <em>showers and wind</em>.</p>
-
-<p>15. If the sun set in dark heavy clouds; <em>rain next day</em>.</p>
-
-<p>16. But if it rain directly; <em>wind the following day</em>.</p>
-
-<p>17. If the sun set pale or purple; <em>rain or wind the following
-day</em>.</p>
-
-<p>18. If the sun set, and there be a very red sky in the east,
-<em>wind</em>; in the south-east, <em>rain</em>.</p>
-
-<p>19. If long strips of clouds drive at a slow rate high in the air,
-and gradually become larger, the sky having been previously
-clear, there will be wet.</p>
-
-<p>20. If there be many falling stars on a clear evening, in the
-summer, there will be <em>thunder</em>.</p>
-
-<p>21. If there be a change of the wind from the north-west or
-west, to the south-west or south, or else from the north-east or
-east, to the south-east or south; <em>wet</em>.</p>
-
-<p>22. If the sun burn more than usual, or there be a halo round
-the sun during fine weather; <em>wet</em>.</p>
-
-<p>23. If it rain and the sun shine; <em>showers</em>.</p>
-
-<p>24. If the full moon rise pale; <em>wet</em>.</p>
-
-<p>25. If the full moon rise red; <em>wind</em>.</p>
-
-<p>26. If the stars appear larger, and closer, and flicker; <em>rain or
-wind</em>.</p>
-
-<p>27. If small white clouds, with rough edges, be seen to gather
-together; <em>there will be wind</em>.</p>
-
-<p>28. Before thunder it often begins to blow.</p>
-
-<p>29. If there be a fleecy sky, unless driving north-west; <em>wet</em>.</p>
-
-<p>30. If clouds at different heights float in different directions.</p>
-
-<p>31. If an assemblage of large or small clouds spread out, or
-become thicker and darker.</p>
-
-<p>32. If clouds suddenly appear in the south.</p>
-
-<p>33. If the lower clouds drive more from the south than those
-above.</p>
-
-<p>34. If there be rain about two hours after sunrise, it will be
-followed by <em>showers</em>.</p>
-
-<p>35. If there be a damp fog or mist, accompanied with wind;
-<em>wet</em>.</p>
-
-<p>36. If there be a halo round the moon, in fine weather; and
-the larger the circle, the nearer the <em>rain</em>.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>37. If the stars above 45 degrees, especially the North Star,
-flicker strongly and appear closer than usual, there will be <em>rain</em>.</p>
-
-<p>38. If the morning be clear and sunny, in summer or autumn,
-there will be <em>rain</em>.</p>
-
-<p>39. If the fields in the morning be covered with a heavy wet
-fog, it will <em>generally rain within two or three days</em>.</p>
-
-<p>40. “A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd’s warning.”</p>
-
-
-<h3>FOR STORM.</h3>
-
-<p>41. If the clouds be of different heights, the sky above being
-grayish or dirty blue, with hardly any wind stirring; the wind,
-however, changing from W. to S., or sometimes to S. E., without
-perceptibly increasing in force.</p>
-
-<p>42. If there be a clouded sky, and dark clouds driving fast
-(either with the wind or more from the south), under the higher
-clouds, violent gusts of wind.</p>
-
-<p>43. If there be long points, tails, or feathers hanging from
-thunder or rain-clouds, five, six, or more degrees above the horizon,
-with little wind in summer, thunder may be expected; but
-the storm will be generally of short duration.</p>
-
-<p>44. If there be a light blue sky, with thin, light, flying clouds,
-whilst the wind goes to the south without much increase in force;
-or a dirty-blue sky, where no clouds are to be seen; storm.</p>
-
-<p>45. If the sun be seen double, or more times reflected in the
-clouds, expect a heavy storm.</p>
-
-<p>46. If the sun set with a very red sky in the east, expect stormy
-wind.</p>
-
-<p>47. If two or three rings be seen round the moon, which are
-spotted and spread out, expect a storm of long continuance.</p>
-
-<p>48. If porpoises and whales sport about ships.</p>
-
-<p>49. If sea-gulls and other birds fly inland.</p>
-
-<p>50. Storms are most frequent in December, January and February.
-In September, there are generally one or two storms. If
-it blow in the day, it generally hushes toward evening; but if it
-continue blowing then, it may be expected to continue. The
-vernal equinoctial gales are stronger than the autumnal.</p>
-
-
-<h3>FOR THUNDER AND HEAVY RAIN.</h3>
-
-<p>51. If long horizontal strips appear with two or three edges
-spreading out at top into feathers, and passing over the middle of
-other clouds, generally there will be thunder.</p>
-
-<p>52. If the clouds be uniformly black, or dark gray.</p>
-
-<p>53. In May and July it thunders most; in May, expect thunder
-with a south-west wind.</p>
-
-<p>54. If there be north-east or easterly wind in the spring, after
-a strong increase of heat, and small clouds appear in different
-parts of the sky; or if the wind change from east to south at the
-appearance of clouds preceded by heat.</p>
-
-<p>55. If a morning fog form into clouds, at different heights,
-which increase in size and drive in layers.</p>
-
-<p>56. If clouds float at different heights and rates, but generally
-in opposite directions.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>57. If there be many “falling stars” on a fine summer’s eve.</p>
-
-<p>58. If there be sheet lightning, with a clear sky, on spring,
-summer, and autumn evenings.</p>
-
-<p>59. If the wind be hushed with sudden heat.</p>
-
-<p>60. If clover contract its leaves.</p>
-
-<p>61. If there be thunder in the evening, there will be much rain
-and showery weather.</p>
-
-
-<h3>FOR THE APPROACH OF THUNDER.</h3>
-
-<p>62. If an east wind blow against a dark heavy sky from the
-westward, the wind decreasing in force as the clouds approach.</p>
-
-<p>63. If the clouds rise and twist in different directions.</p>
-
-<p>64. If the birds be silent.</p>
-
-<p>65. If cattle run round and collect together in the meadows.</p>
-
-
-<h3>FOR CONTINUED THUNDER SHOWERS.</h3>
-
-<p>66. If there be showery weather, with sunshine, and increase
-of heat in the spring, a thunder storm may be expected every
-day, or at least every other day.</p>
-
-
-<h3>ABATEMENT OF THUNDER STORMS.</h3>
-
-<p>67. If the air be very dry, with clear, yet cooler weather; or
-if one or two following days the atmosphere be heavy, with a
-little damp falling.</p>
-
-<p>68. With a north wind it seldom thunders; but with a south
-and south-west wind, often.</p>
-
-
-<h3>FOR COLDER WEATHER.</h3>
-
-<p>69. If the wind change to the north and north-east.</p>
-
-<p>70. If the wind change, <em>in summer only</em>, to the north-west.</p>
-
-<p>71. If the wind shift to the east <em>in summer only</em>.</p>
-
-<p>72. If the wind shift from south to south-east <em>in winter</em>.</p>
-
-
-<h3>FOR INCREASE OF WARMTH OR HEAT.</h3>
-
-<p>73. If the wind shift round to the south and south-west.</p>
-
-<p>74. If the wind change from east, north-east, or north, to north-west
-and west, <em>in the winter</em>.</p>
-
-<p>75. If the wind change to the east, <em>in summer only</em>; especially if
-from north-east.</p>
-
-<p>76. If the wind change to south-east, <em>especially in summer</em>.</p>
-
-
-<h3>FOR FROST.</h3>
-
-<p>77. If birds of passage arrive early from colder climates.</p>
-
-<p>78. If the cold increase <em>whilst it snows</em>, as soon as it begins to
-freeze.</p>
-
-<p>79. If the wind blow north-east <em>in winter</em>.</p>
-
-<p>80. If the ice crack much, expect the frost to continue.</p>
-
-<p>81. If the mole dig his hole two feet and a half deep, <em>expect
-a very severe winter</em>. If two feet deep, not so severe; one foot
-deep, a mild winter.</p>
-
-<p>82. If water-fowl or sparrows make more noise than usual;
-also if robins approach nearer houses than usual; <em>frost</em>.</p>
-
-<p>83. If there be a dark, gray sky, with a south wind.</p>
-
-<p>84. If there be continued fogs.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>85. If the fire burn unusually fierce and bright in winter
-there will be frost and clear weather; if the fire burn dull, expect
-damp and rain.</p>
-
-
-<h3>FOR THAW.</h3>
-
-<p>86. If snow fall in flakes, which increase in size.</p>
-
-<p>87. If the heat increase in the afternoon, or suddenly before
-twelve o’clock.</p>
-
-<p>88. If clouds drive up high from the south, south-west, or
-west.</p>
-
-<p>89. If it freeze, and the barometer fall 20 or 30 hundredths.</p>
-
-
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub-->
-<h2><a name="HYMENS_LOTTERY" id="HYMENS_LOTTERY">HYMEN’S LOTTERY.</a></h2>
-
-
-<p>Let each one present deposit any sum agreed on, but of
-course some trifle; put a complete pack of fifty-two cards, well
-shuffled, in a bag or reticule. Let the party stand in a circle,
-and the bag being handed around, each draw three cards.
-Pairs of any are favorable omens of some good fortune about to
-occur to the party, and gets back from the pool the sum that
-each agreed to pay. The king of hearts is here made the god of
-love, and claims double, and gives a faithful swain to the fair
-one who has the good fortune to draw him; if Venus, the queen
-of hearts, is with him, it is the conquering prize, and clears the
-pool; fives and nines are reckoned crosses and misfortunes, and
-pay a forfeit of the sum agreed on to the pool, besides the usual
-stipend at each new game; three nines at one draw shows the
-lady will be an old maid; <a id="Ref_36"></a>three fives, a bad husband.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub-->
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span></p>
-
-
-
-
-<h2><a name="LIST_OF_UNLUCKY_DAYS" id="LIST_OF_UNLUCKY_DAYS">LIST OF UNLUCKY DAYS,</a></h2>
-
-
-<p class="chapblock"><em>Which, to those Persons being males born on them, will generally
-prove unfortunate.</em></p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentbase">January, 3, 4.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">February, 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">March, 5, 6, 12, 13.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">May, 12, 13, 20, 21, 26, 27.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">June, 1, 2, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">July, 3, 4, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">October, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 31.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">November, 1, 3.</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>Almost all persons (being of the male sex) that are born on
-the days included in the foregoing table, will, in a greater or
-less degree suffer, not only by pecuniary embarrassment and
-losses of property, but will also experience great distress and
-anxiety of mind, much dissatisfaction, dissension, and unhappiness
-in their family affairs, much dissatisfaction to each
-other among the married ones (indeed few of them can ever
-be happy in the married state), trouble about their children,
-daughters forming unfortunate attachments, and a variety of
-untoward events of other descriptions which our limits do not
-allow us to particularize. The influence of these days are of a
-quality and tendency calculated to excite in the minds of persons
-born on them, an extraordinary itch for speculation, to
-make changes in their affairs, commence new undertakings of
-various kinds, but all of them will tend nearly to one point,
-loss of property and pecuniary embarrassments. Such persons
-who embark their capital on credit in new concerns or engagements,
-will be likely to receive checks or interruptions to the
-progress of their schemes or undertakings. Those who enter
-into engagements intended to be permanent, whether purchases,
-leases, partnerships, or in short any other speculation of a description
-which cannot readily be transferred or got rid of will
-dearly <em>repent their bargains</em>.</p>
-
-<p>They will find their affairs from time to time much interrupted
-and agitated, and experience many disappointments in
-money matters, trouble through bills, and have need of all their
-activity and address to prop their declining credit; indeed almost
-all engagements and affairs that are entered upon by persons
-born on any of these days will receive some sort of check
-or obstruction. The greater number of those persons born on
-these days will be subject to weakness or sprains in the knees
-and ankles, also diseases and hurts in the legs.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
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-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span></p>
-
-
-
-
-<h2><a name="LIST_OF_UNLUCKY_DAYS1" id="LIST_OF_UNLUCKY_DAYS1">LIST OF UNLUCKY DAYS,</a></h2>
-
-
-<p class="chapblock"><em>Which to those persons (being females) born on them will generally
-prove unfortunate.</em></p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentbase">January, 5, 6, 13, 14, 20, and 21.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">February, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, and 23.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">March, 1, 2, 8, 9, 16, 17, 28, and 29.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">April, 24 and 25.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">May, 1, 2, 9, 17, 22, 29, and 30.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">June, 5, 6, 12, 13, 18, and 19.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">July, 3 and 4.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">September, 9 and 16.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">October, 20 and 27.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">November, 9, 10, 21, 29, and 30.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">December, 6, 14, and 21.</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>We particularly advise all females born on these days to be
-<a id="Ref_39"></a>extremely cautious of placing their affections too hastily, as they
-will be subject to <em>disappointments</em> and <em>vexations</em> in that respect;
-it will be better for them (in those matters) to be guided by the
-advice of their friends, rather than by their own feelings, they will
-be less fortunate in placing their affections, than in any other
-action of their lives, as many of these marriages will terminate
-in separations, divorces, &amp;c. Their courtships will end in elopements,
-seductions, and other ways not necessary of explanation.
-Our readers must be well aware that affairs of importance
-begun at inauspicious times, by those who have been born at
-those periods when the stars shed their malign influence, can
-seldom, if ever, lead to much good; it is, therefore, that we endeavor
-to lay before them a correct statement drawn from accurate
-astrological information, in order that by strict attention
-and care, they may avoid falling into those perplexing labyrinths
-from which nothing but that care and attention can save them.
-The list of days we have above given, will be productive of
-hasty and clandestine marriages&mdash;marriages under untoward
-circumstances, perplexing attachments, and as a natural consequence,
-the displeasure of friends, together with family broils,
-dissensions, and divisions. We now present our readers with a</p>
-
-
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub-->
-<h2><a name="LIST_OF_DAYS_USUALLY_CONSIDERED_FORTUNATE" id="LIST_OF_DAYS_USUALLY_CONSIDERED_FORTUNATE">LIST OF DAYS<br />
-<span class="smallfont">USUALLY CONSIDERED FORTUNATE.</span></a></h2>
-
-
-<p class="chapblock"><em>With respect to Courtship, Marriage, and Love affairs in general&mdash;Females
-that were born on the following days may expect</em><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span>
-<em>Courtships and prospects of Marriage, and which will have a
-happy termination.</em></p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentbase">January, 1, 2, 15, 26, 27, 28.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">February, 11, 21, 25, 26.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">March, 10, 24.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">April, 6, 15, 16, 20, 28.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">May, 3, 13, 18, 31.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">June, 10, 11, 15, 25, 22.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">July, 9, 14, 15, 28.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">August, 6, 7, 10, 11, 19, 20, 25.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">September, 4, 8, 9, 17, 18, 23.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">October, 3, 7, 16, 21, 22.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">November, 5, 14, 20.</div>
-<div class="indentbase">December, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25.</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>Although the greater number, or indeed nearly all the ladies
-that are born on the days stated in the preceding list, will be
-likely to meet with a <em>prospect</em> of marriage, or become engaged in
-some love affair of more than ordinary importance, yet it must
-not be expected that the <em>result</em> will be the same with all of them;
-with some they will <em>terminate</em> in <em>marriage</em>&mdash;with others in disappointment&mdash;and
-some of them will be in danger of forming
-<em>attachments</em> that may prove of a somewhat <em>troublesome</em> description.
-We shall, therefore, in order to enable our readers to distinguish
-them, give a comprehensive and useful list, showing
-which of them will be most likely to marry.</p>
-
-<p>Those born within the limits of the succeeding List of Hours,
-on any of the preceding days, will be the most likely to <em>marry</em>&mdash;or
-will, at least, have <em>Courtships</em> that will be likely to have a
-happy termination.</p>
-
-
-<h3>LIST OF FORTUNATE HOURS.</h3>
-
-<p>January 2d. From 30 minutes past 10 till 15 minutes past 11 in
-the morning; and from 15 minutes before 9 till 15 minutes
-before 11 at night.</p>
-
-<p>15th. From 30 minutes past 9 till 15 minutes past 10 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 7 till 15 minutes past 11
-at night.</p>
-
-<p>26th. From 30 minutes past 8 till 15 minutes past 9 in the
-morning; and from 7 till 15 minutes past 10 at night.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>February 11th and 12th. From 30 minutes past 7 till 15 minutes
-past 8, in the morning; and from 15 minutes past 6 till 15
-minutes before 9 at night.</p>
-
-<p>21st. From 7 till 15 minutes before 8 in the morning; and
-from 15 minutes past 5 till 15 minutes before 8 at night.</p>
-
-<p>25th and 26th. From 15 minutes before 7 till 30 minutes past
-7 in the morning; and from 15 minutes before 5 till 30 minutes
-past 7 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>March 10th. From 5 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning;
-and from 4 in the afternoon till 15 minutes before 7 in the
-evening.</p>
-
-<p>April 6th. From 15 minutes past 4 till 5 in the morning; and
-from 30 minutes past 2 till 15 minutes past 5 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>20th. From 30 minutes past 3 till 15 minutes past 4 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 1 till 15 minutes past 4
-in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>May 3d. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 3 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past
-3 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>13th. From 2 till 15 minutes before 3 in the morning; and
-from 12 at noon till 15 minutes before 3 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>18th. From 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past 2 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes before 12 at noon till 30
-minutes past 2 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>31st. From 15 minutes before 1 till 30 minutes past 1 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes past 10 in the morning till 15
-minutes before 1 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>June 10th and 11th. From 15 minutes past 10 till 1 in the afternoon;
-and from 12 at night till 1 in the morning.</p>
-
-<p>15th. From 10 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon; and from
-15 minutes before 12 at night till 15 minutes before 1 in the
-morning.</p>
-
-<p>25th. From 15 minutes past 9 in the morning till 12 at noon;
-and from 11 to 12 at night.</p>
-
-<p>29th. From 9 in the morning till 15 minutes before 12 at
-noon; and from 15 minutes before 11 till 15 minutes before
-12 at night.</p>
-
-<p>July 9th. From 15 minutes past 8 till 11 in the morning; and
-from 10 till 11 at night.</p>
-
-<p>14th and 15th. From 8 till 11 in the morning; and from 10
-till 11 at night.</p>
-
-<p>28th. From 7 till 10 in the morning; and from 9 till 10 at night.</p>
-
-<p>August 6th and 7th. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past
-9 in the morning; and from 15 minutes past 8 till 15 minutes
-past 9 at night.</p>
-
-<p>10 and 11th. From 15 minutes past 6 till 9 in the morning;
-and from 8 till 9 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>19th and 20th. From 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 8
-in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 7 till 30 minutes
-past 8 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>25th. From 15 minutes past 5 till 8 in the morning; and from
-7 till 8 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>September 4th. From 15 minutes before 5 till 30 minutes past 7
-in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 6 till 30 minutes
-past 7 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>8th and 9th. From 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 7 in
-the morning; and from 15 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes
-past 7 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>17th and 18th. From 5 till 15 minutes before 5 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes before 6 till 15 minutes before 7 in the
-evening.</p>
-
-<p>23d. From 30 minutes past 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 6
-in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>October 3d. From 3 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 5 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>7th. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 4 till 30 minutes past 5
-in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>16th. From 2 till 5 in the morning; and from 4 till 5 in the
-afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>21st and 22d. From 15 minutes before 2 till 30 minutes past 4
-in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 3 till 15 minutes
-past 4 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>November 5th. From 1 till 15 minutes before 4 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes before 3 till 15 minutes before 4 in the
-afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>14th. From 15 minutes past 12 till 3 in the morning; and from
-2 till 3 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>20th. From 15 minutes before 12 till 15 minutes past 2 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes past 1 till 2 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>December 14th and 15th. From 10 till 30 minutes past 12 in the
-morning; and from 12 at noon till 15 minutes before 1 in the
-afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>18th and 19th. From 15 minutes before 10 at night till 15 minutes
-past 5 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 11 till
-15 minutes past 12 at night.</p>
-
-<p>January 3d. From 30 minutes past 10 till 15 minutes past 11 in
-the morning; and from 15 minutes before 9 till 15 minutes
-past 11 at night.</p>
-
-<p>12th and 13th. From 15 minutes past 9 till 10 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes before 8 till 30 minutes past 10 at night.</p>
-
-<p>18th. From 9 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and
-from 15 minutes past 7 till 10 at night.</p>
-
-<p>27th. From 9 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and
-from 7 till 15 minutes before 10 at night.</p>
-
-<p>February 1st. From 8 till 30 minutes past 8 in the morning;
-and from 6 till 30 minutes past 8 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>11th and 12th. From 15 minutes before 8 till 30 minutes past
-8 in the morning; and from 15 minutes before 6 till 30 minutes
-past 8 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>17th. From 7 till 15 minutes before 8 in the morning; and
-from 15 minutes past 5 till 8 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>March 1st. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 7 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 7
-in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>16th and 17th. From 30 minutes past 5 till 15 minutes past 6
-in the morning; and from 15 minutes before 4 till 30 minutes
-past 6 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, and 25th. From 30 minutes
-past 5 till 30 minutes past 6 in the morning; and from 30
-minutes past 3 till 15 minutes past 6 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th. From 15 minutes past 5 till 15
-minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15 minutes past 3
-till 6 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>April 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th. From 30 minutes past
-4 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning; and from 30 minutes
-past 2 till 5 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th. From 15 minutes before 4 till
-15 minutes before 5 in the morning; and from 2 till 30 minutes
-past 4 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d. From 30 minutes past 4 in the
-morning; and from 15 minutes before 2 till 30 minutes past
-4 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th. From 3 till 4 in the morning; and
-from 15 minutes past 1 till 15 minutes before 4 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>May 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th. From 15 minutes past 2 till
-15 minutes past 8 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past
-12 at noon till 15 minutes past 3 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th. From 2 till 3 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes past 12 at noon till 3 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22d. From 15 minutes
-before 2 till 15 minutes before 3 in the morning; and from 12
-at noon till 15 minutes before 3 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th. From 15 minutes past 1 till 15
-minutes past 2 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 11
-in the forenoon till 15 minutes past 2 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>June 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th. From 15 minutes past 10 in
-the morning till 1 in the afternoon; and from 15 minutes
-past 12 at night till 15 minutes past 1 the next morning.</p>
-
-<p>11th. From 15 minutes past 10 in the morning till 15 minutes
-before 1 in the afternoon; and from 12 at night till 1 the next
-morning.</p>
-
-<p>20th. From 30 minutes past 9 in the morning till 12 at noon;
-and from 11 till 12 at night.</p>
-
-<p>25th. From 15 minutes past 9 in the morning till 15 minutes
-past 12 at noon; and from 11 till 12 at night.</p>
-
-<p>July 5th. From 15 minutes before 8 till 15 minutes past 10 in
-the morning; and from 15 minutes before 10 till 15 minutes
-before 11 at night.</p>
-
-<p>9th. From 15 minutes past 8 till 11 in the morning; and from
-15 minutes past 10 till 11 at night.</p>
-
-<p>19th. From 30 minutes past 7 till 10 in the morning; and from
-15 minutes past 9 till 15 minutes past 10 at night.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span></p>
-
-<p>24th. From 7 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and
-from 9 till 10 at night.</p>
-
-<p>August 2d and 3d. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes before
-9 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 8 till 30
-minutes past 9 at night.</p>
-
-<p>6th. From 15 minutes before 6 till 9 in the morning; and
-from 30 minutes past 7 till 30 minutes past 8 at night.</p>
-
-<p>22d. From 15 minutes past 5 till 8 in the morning; and from
-15 minutes past 7 till 15 minutes past 8 at night.</p>
-
-<p>September 1st. From 4 till 15 minutes before 7 in the morning;
-and 6 till 7 in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>5th. From 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes before 7 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 6 till 30 minutes past 7
-in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>14th. From 15 minutes before 4 till 30 minutes past 6 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 6
-in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>29th. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the
-morning; and from 30 minutes past 4 till 30 minutes past 5
-in the evening.</p>
-
-<p>October 3d. From 3 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes before 5 till 15 minutes before 6 in the
-evening.</p>
-
-<p>12th. From 15 minutes past 2 till 5 in the morning; and from
-15 minutes before 4 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>18th and 19th. From 30 minutes past 1 till 4 in the morning;
-and from 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 4 in the
-afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>November 10th and 11th. From 30 minutes past 12 at night till
-15 minutes past 3 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past
-1 till 30 minutes past 2 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>15th and 16th. From 12 at night till 15 minutes before 3 in
-the morning; and from 15 minutes past 1 till 2 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>29th and 30th. From 15 minutes past 11 at night till 2 in the
-morning; and from 1 till 15 minutes before 2 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>December 8th and 9th. From 15 minutes past 10 at night till 1
-in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 12 at noon till 30
-minutes past 1 in the afternoon.</p>
-
-<p>14th, 15th and 16th. From 10 at night till 15 minutes before 1
-in the morning; and from 15 minutes before 12 to 30 minutes
-past 12 at noon.</p>
-
-<p>23d and 24th. From 15 minutes past 11 till 12 at noon; and
-from 15 minutes past 9 till 12 at night.</p>
-
-<p>28th. From 15 minutes past 10 till 11 in the morning; and
-from 9 till 15 minutes before 12 at night.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>We do not presume to assert that every lady born on the last-mentioned
-times will be exempt from all descriptions of trouble
-during the whole of their lives, but that they will never (in spite
-of whatever may happen to befall them) sink below mediocrity.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span>
-Even servants and those born of poor parents will possess some
-superior qualities, get into good company, be much noticed by
-their superiors, and will, in spite of any intervening difficulties,
-establish themselves in the world, and rise much above their
-sphere of birth.</p>
-
-<p>It has often been recorded, and though a singular observation,
-experience has shown it to be a true one, that some event
-of importance is sure to happen to a woman in her thirty-first
-year, whether single or married; it may prove for her good, or
-it may be some great evil or temptation; therefore we advise
-her to be cautious and circumspect in all her actions. If she is
-a maiden or widow, it is probable she will marry this year. If
-a wife that she will lose her children or her husband:&mdash;She will
-either receive riches or travel into a foreign land: at all events,
-some circumstance or other will take place during this remarkable
-year of her life, that will have great effect on her future fortunes
-and existence.</p>
-
-<p>The like is applicable to men in their forty-second year, of
-which so many instances have been proved that there is not a
-doubt of its truth: Observe always to take a lease for an odd
-number of years; even are not prosperous. The three first days
-of the moon are the best for signing papers, and the first five
-days as well as the twenty-fourth for any fresh undertaking.
-But we cannot but allow that a great deal depends on our own
-industry and perseverance, and by strictly discharging our duty
-to God and man, we may often overcome the malign influence
-of a bad planet, or a day marked as unlucky in the book of fate.</p>
-
-
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub-->
-<h2><a name="ST_AGNES_DAY" id="ST_AGNES_DAY">ST. AGNES’ DAY</a></h2>
-
-
-<p class="center">(<em>Charm to know who your husband shall be.</em>)</p>
-
-<p>Falls on the 21st of January: you must prepare yourself by a
-twenty-four hours’ fast, touching nothing but pure spring water,
-beginning at midnight on the 20th, to the same again on the
-21st; then go to bed, and mind you sleep by yourself, and do
-not mention what you are trying to any one, or it will break the
-spell; go to rest on your left side, and repeat these lines three
-times:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-<div class="stanza">
-<div class="indentbase">St. Agnes, be a friend to me,</div>
-<div class="indentbase">In the gift I ask of thee;</div>
-<div class="indentbase">Let me this night my husband see&mdash;</div>
-</div></div></div>
-
-<p>and you will dream of your future spouse: if you see more than
-one in your dream, you will wed two or three times, but if you
-sleep and dream not, you will never marry.</p>
-
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub-->
-<h2><a name="NAPOLEONS_ORACULUM_OR_BOOK_OF_FATE" id="NAPOLEONS_ORACULUM_OR_BOOK_OF_FATE">NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM;<br />
-<span class="smallfont">OR,</span><br />
-<span class="largefont">BOOK OF FATE.</span></a></h2>
-
-
-<p><em>The Oraculum is gifted with every requisite variety of response to
-the following questions</em>:</p>
-
-<p>1. Shall I obtain my wish?</p>
-
-<p>2. Shall I have success in my
-undertakings?</p>
-
-<p>3. Shall I gain or lose in my
-cause?</p>
-
-<p>4. Shall I have to live in foreign
-parts?</p>
-
-<p>5. Will the stranger return?</p>
-
-<p>6. Shall I recover my property?</p>
-
-<p>7. Will my friend be true?</p>
-
-<p>8. Shall I have to travel?</p>
-
-<p>9. Does the person love and
-regard me?</p>
-
-<p>10. Will the marriage be prosperous?</p>
-
-<p>11. What sort of a wife, or husband,
-shall I have?</p>
-
-<p>12. Will she have a son or
-daughter?</p>
-
-<p>13. Will the patient recover?</p>
-
-<p>14. Will the prisoner be released?</p>
-
-<p>15. Shall I be lucky or unlucky?</p>
-
-<p>16. What does my dream
-signify?</p>
-
-
-<h3>HOW TO WORK THE ORACULUM.</h3>
-
-<p>Make marks in four lines, one under another, in the following
-manner, making more or less in each line, according to your
-fancy:</p>
-
-<p class="spacedchars">* * * * * * * * *</p>
-
-<p class="spacedchars">* * * * * * * * * *</p>
-
-<p class="spacedchars">* * * * * * * * * * *</p>
-
-<p class="spacedchars">* * * * * * * * * * * *</p>
-
-<p>Then reckon the number of marks in each line, and, if it be
-<em>odd</em>, mark down one dot; if <em>even</em>, two dots. If there be more
-than nine marks, reckon the surplus ones over that number
-only, viz.:</p>
-
-<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" summary="Star table" style="margin-left:0em">
-<tr><td style="max-width:20em">The number of marks in the first line of the foregoing are <em>odd</em>;
-therefore make one mark, thus</td><td class="starcenter">*</td></tr>
-<tr><td>In the second, <em>even</em>, so make two, thus</td><td class="starcenter">* *</td></tr>
-<tr><td>In the third, <em>odd</em> again, make one mark only</td><td class="starcenter">*</td></tr>
-<tr><td>In the fourth, <em>even</em> again, two marks</td><td class="starcenter">* *</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-
-<h3>TO OBTAIN THE ANSWER.</h3>
-
-<p>You must refer to <span class="smcap"><a href="#ORACULUM">The Oraculum</a></span>, at the top of which you
-will find a row of dots similar to those you have produced, and
-a column of figures corresponding with those prefixed to the
-questions; guide your eye down the column at the top of which
-you find the dots resembling your own, till you come to the
-letter on a line with the number of the question you are trying,
-then refer to the page having that letter at the top, and, on a line
-with the dots which are similar to your own, you will find your
-<em>answer</em>.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>The following are unlucky days, on which none of the questions
-should be worked, or any enterprise undertaken: Jan. 1, 2,
-4, 6, 10, 20, 22; Feb. 6, 17, 28; March 24, 26; April 10, 27, 28; May
-7, 8; June 27; July 17, 21; Aug. 20, 22; Sept. 5, 30; Oct 6; Nov.
-3, 29; Dec. 6, 10, 15.</p>
-
-<hr class="tb" />
-
-<p>⁂ It is not right to try a question twice in one day.</p>
-
-
-
-<hr class="chap" />
-
-<div class="chapter"></div><!--Page break for ePub-->
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span></p>
-
-<h2><a name="ORACULUM" id="ORACULUM">ORACULUM.</a></h2>
-
-<div class="center">
-<table class="or1" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Oraculum table">
-<tr><td class="stars12">N<br />u<br />m<br />b<br />.</td>
-<td>QUESTIONS.</td>
-<td class="stars1">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td>
-<td class="stars1">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td>
-<td class="stars1">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td>
-<td class="stars1">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td>
-<td class="stars1">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td>
-<td class="stars1">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td>
-<td class="stars1">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td>
-<td class="stars1">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td>
-<td class="stars1">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td>
-<td class="stars1">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td>
-<td class="stars1">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td>
-<td class="stars1">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td>
-<td class="stars1">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td>
-<td class="stars1">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td>
-<td class="stars1">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td>
-<td class="stars1">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td>
-<td class="stars12">N<br />u<br />m<br />b<br />.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">1</td><td class="ortext1">Shall I obtain my wish?</td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td class="ornumb12">1</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">2</td><td class="ortext1">Shall I have success in my undertakings?</td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td class="ornumb12">2</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">3</td><td class="ortext1">Shall I gain or lose in my cause?</td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td class="ornumb12">3</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">4</td><td class="ortext1">Shall I have to live in foreign parts?</td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td class="ornumb12">4</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">5</td><td class="ortext1">Will the stranger return from abroad?</td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td class="ornumb12">5</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">6</td><td class="ortext1">Shall I recover my property stolen?</td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td class="ornumb12">6</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">7</td><td class="ortext1">Will my friend be true in his dealings?</td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td class="ornumb12">7</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">8</td><td class="ortext1">Shall I have to travel?</td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td class="ornumb12">8</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">9</td><td class="ortext1">Does the person love and regard me?</td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td class="ornumb12">9</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">10</td><td class="ortext1">Will the marriage be prosperous?</td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td class="ornumb12">10</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">11</td><td class="ortext1">What sort of wife or husb. shall I have?</td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td class="ornumb12">11</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">12</td><td class="ortext1">Will she have a son or a daughter?</td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td class="ornumb12">12</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">13</td><td class="ortext1">Will the patient recover from his illness?</td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td class="ornumb12">13</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">14</td><td class="ortext1">Will the prisoner be released?</td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td class="ornumb12">14</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">15</td><td class="ortext1">Shall I be lucky or unlucky this day?</td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td class="ornumb12">15</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="ornumb1">16</td><td class="ortext1">What does my dream signify?</td><td><a href="#Ref_Q">Q</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_A">A</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_B">B</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_C">C</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_D">D</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_E">E</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_F">F</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_G">G</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_H">H</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_I">I</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_K">K</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_L">L</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_M">M</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_N">N</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_O">O</a></td><td><a href="#Ref_P">P</a></td><td class="ornumb12">16</td></tr>
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-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">What you wish for, you will shortly <span class="scap">OBTAIN</span>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Signifies trouble and sorrow.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Be very cautious what you do <span class="scap">THIS</span> day, lest trouble befall you.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The prisoner <span class="scap">DIES</span>, and is regretted by his friends.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Life will be spared <span class="scap">THIS</span> time, to prepare for death.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">A very handsome daughter, but a <span class="scap">PAINFUL</span> one.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will have a virtuous woman or man, for your wife or husband.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">If you marry this person, you will have enemies where you little expect.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You had better decline <span class="scap">THIS</span> love, for it is neither constant nor true.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext"><span class="smcap">Decline</span> your travels, for they will not be to your advantage.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">There is a true and sincere friendship between you <span class="scap">BOTH</span>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will <span class="scap">NOT</span> recover the stolen property.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The stranger <span class="scap">WILL</span>, with joy, soon return.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will <span class="scap">NOT</span> remove from where you are at present.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Providence <span class="scap">WILL</span> support you in a good cause.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You are <span class="scap">NOT</span> lucky.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">B</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The luck that is ordained for you will be coveted by others.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Whatever your desires are, for the present decline them.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Signifies a favor or kindness from some person.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">There <span class="scap">ARE</span> enemies who would defraud and render you unhappy.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">With great difficulty he will obtain pardon or release again.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The patient should be prepared to <span class="scap">LEAVE</span> this world.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">She will have a <span class="scap">SON</span>, who will be learned and wise.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">A <span class="scap">RICH</span> partner is ordained for you.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">By <span class="scap">THIS</span> marriage you will have great luck and prosperity.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext"><span class="smcap">This</span> love comes from an upright and sincere heart.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">A higher Power <span class="scap">WILL</span> surely travel with you, and bless you.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Beware of friends who are false and deceitful.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You <span class="scap">WILL</span> recover your property&mdash;unexpectedly.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Love prevents his return home at present.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Your stay is <span class="scap">NOT</span> here; be therefore prepared for a change.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will have <span class="scap">NO GAIN</span>; therefore be wise and careful.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">C</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">With the blessing of God, you <span class="scap">WILL</span> have great gain.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Very unlucky indeed&mdash;pray for assistance.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">If your desires are <span class="scap">NOT</span> extravagant, they will be granted.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Signifies peace and plenty between friends.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Be well prepared <span class="scap">THIS</span> day, or you may meet with trouble.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The prisoner <span class="scap">WILL</span> find it difficult to obtain his pardon or release.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The patient <span class="scap">WILL YET</span> enjoy health and prosperity.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">She <span class="scap">WILL</span> have a daughter, and will require attention.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The person has <span class="scap">NOT</span> a great fortune, but is in middling circumstances.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Decline <span class="scap">THIS</span> marriage, or else you may be sorry.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Decline a courtship which <span class="scap">MAY</span> be your destruction.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Your travels are <span class="scap">IN VAIN</span>; you had better stay at home.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You <span class="scap">MAY</span> depend on a true and sincere friendship.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You must <span class="scap">NOT</span> expect to regain that which you have lost.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext"><span class="smcap">Sickness</span> prevents the traveler from seeing you.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">It <span class="scap">WILL</span> be your fate to stay where you now are.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">D</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You <span class="scap">WILL</span> obtain a great fortune in another country.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">By venturing freely, you <span class="scap">WILL</span> certainly gain doubly.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">A higher Power <span class="scap">WILL</span> change your misfortune into success and happiness.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Alter your intentions, or else you <span class="scap">MAY</span> meet poverty and distress.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Signifies you have many impediments in accomplishing your pursuits.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Whatever may possess your inclinations this day, abandon them.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The prisoner <span class="scap">WILL</span> get free again this time.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The patient’s illness <span class="scap">WILL</span> be lingering and doubtful.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">She will have a dutiful and handsome son.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The person will be <span class="scap">LOW</span> in circumstances, but honest-hearted.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">A marriage which <span class="scap">WILL ADD</span> to your welfare and prosperity.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You love a person who does not speak well of you.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Your travels <span class="scap">WILL</span> be prosperous, if guided by prudence.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">He means <span class="scap">NOT</span> what he says, for his heart is false.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">With some trouble and expense, you may regain your property.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You must <span class="scap">NOT</span> expect to see the stranger again.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">E</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The stranger <span class="scap">WILL</span> not return as soon as you expect.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Remain among your friends, and you will do well.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will hereafter <span class="scap">GAIN</span> what you seek.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You have <span class="scap">NO LUCK</span>&mdash;pray, and strive honestly.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will obtain your wishes by means of a friend.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Signifies you have enemies who will endeavor to ruin you.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Beware&mdash;an enemy is endeavoring to bring you to strife and misfortune.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The prisoner’s sorrow and anxiety are great, and his release uncertain.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The patient <span class="scap">WILL</span> soon recover&mdash;there is no danger.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">She will have a daughter, who will be honored and respected.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Your partner <span class="scap">WILL</span> be fond of liquor, and will debase himself thereby.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">This marriage will bring you to poverty, be therefore discreet.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Their love is false to you, and true to others.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext"><span class="smcap">Decline</span> your travels for the present, for they will be dangerous.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext"><span class="smcap">This</span> person is serious and true, and deserves to be respected.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will not recover the property you have lost.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">F</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">By persevering you <span class="scap">WILL</span> recover your property again.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">It is out of the stranger’s power to return.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will <span class="scap">GAIN</span>, and be successful in foreign parts.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">A great fortune is ordained for you; wait patiently.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">There is great hindrance to your success at present.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Your wishes are in <span class="scap">VAIN</span> at present.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Signifies there are sorrow and danger before you.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext"><span class="smcap">This</span> day is unlucky; therefore alter your intention.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The prisoner will be restored to liberty and freedom.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The patient’s recovery is doubtful.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">She will have a fine <span class="scap">BOY</span>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">A worthy person, and a fine fortune.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Your intentions would destroy your rest and peace.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext"><span class="smcap">This</span> love is true and constant; forsake it not.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext"><span class="smcap">Proceed</span> on your journey, and you will not have cause to repent it.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">If you trust <span class="scap">THIS</span> friend, you may have cause for sorrow.</td></tr>
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-<table id="Ref_G" class="or" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Oraculum table G">
-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">G</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">This friend exceeds all others in every respect.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You must bear your loss with fortitude.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The stranger will return unexpectedly.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Remain at <span class="scap">HOME</span> with your friends, and you will escape misfortunes.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will meet no <span class="scap">GAIN</span> in your pursuits.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Heaven will bestow its blessings on you.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">No.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Signifies that you will shortly be out of the <span class="scap">POWER</span> of your enemies.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext"><span class="smcap">Ill-luck</span> awaits you&mdash;it will be difficult for you to escape it.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The prisoner will be <span class="scap">RELEASED</span> by death only.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">By the blessing of God, the patient <span class="scap">WILL</span> recover.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">A daughter, but of a very sickly constitution.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will get an honest, young, and handsome partner.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Decline this marriage, else it may be to your sorrow.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Avoid this love.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Prepare for a short journey; you will be recalled by unexpected events.</td></tr>
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-<table id="Ref_H" class="or" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Oraculum table H">
-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">H</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Commence your travels, and they will go on as you could wish.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Your pretended friend hates you secretly.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Your hopes to recover your property are vain.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">A certain affair prevents the stranger’s return immediately.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Your fortune you will find in abundance abroad.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Decline the pursuit, and you will do well.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Your expectations are vain&mdash;you will not succeed.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will obtain what you wish for.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Signifies that on this day your fortune will change for the better.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Cheer up your spirits, your luck is at hand.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">After <span class="scap">LONG</span> imprisonment, he will be released.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The patient will be relieved from sickness.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">She will have a healthy <span class="scap">SON</span>.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will be married to your equal in a short time.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">If you wish to be happy, do not marry this person.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">This love is from the heart, and will continue until death.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">I</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The love is great, but will cause great jealousy.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">It will be in vain for you to travel.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Your friend will be as sincere as you could wish him to be.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will recover the stolen property through a cunning person.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The traveler will soon return with joy.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will not be prosperous or fortunate in foreign parts.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Place your trust in God, who is the disposer of happiness.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Your fortune will shortly be changed into misfortune.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will succeed as you desire.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Signifies that the misfortune which threatens will be prevented.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Beware of your enemies, who seek to do you harm.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">After a short time, your anxiety for the prisoner will cease.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">God will give the patient health and strength again.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">She will have a very fine daughter.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will marry a person with whom you will have little comfort.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The marriage will not answer your expectations.</td></tr>
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-<table id="Ref_K" class="or" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Oraculum table K">
-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">K</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">After much misfortune, you will be comfortable and happy.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">A sincere love from an upright heart.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will be prosperous in your journey.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Do not <span class="scap">RELY</span> on the friendship of this person.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The property is lost for <span class="scap">EVER</span>; but the thief will be punished.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The traveler will be absent some considerable time.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will meet luck and happiness in a foreign country.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will not have any success for the present.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will succeed in your undertaking.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Change your intentions, and you will do well.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Signifies that there are rogues at hand.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Be reconciled, your circumstances will shortly mend.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The prisoner will be released.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The patient will depart this life.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">She will have a son.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">It will be difficult for you to get a partner.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">L</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will get a very handsome person for your partner.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Various misfortunes will attend this marriage.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">This love is whimsical and changeable.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will be unlucky in your travels.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">This person’s love is just and true. You may rely on it.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will lose, but the thief will suffer most.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The stranger will soon return with plenty.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">If you remain at home, you will have success.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Your gain will be trivial.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will meet sorrow and trouble.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will succeed according to your wishes.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Signifies that you will get money.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">In spite of enemies, you will do well.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The prisoner will pass many days in confinement.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The patient will recover.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">She will have a daughter.</td></tr>
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-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">She will have a son, who will gain wealth and honor.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will get a partner with great undertakings and much money.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The marriage will be prosperous.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">She, or He, wishes to be yours this moment.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Your journey will prove to your advantage.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Place no great trust in that person.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will find your property at a certain time.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The traveler’s return is rendered doubtful by his conduct.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will succeed as you desire in foreign parts.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Expect no gain; it will be in vain.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will have more <span class="scap">LUCK</span> than you expect.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Whatever your desires are, you will speedily obtain them.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Signifies you will be asked to a wedding.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will have no occasion to complain of ill-luck.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Someone will pity and release the prisoner.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The patient’s recovery is unlikely.</td></tr>
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-<div class="center">
-<table id="Ref_N" class="or" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Oraculum table N">
-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">N</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The patient will recover, but his days are short.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">She will have a daughter.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will marry into a very respectable family.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">By this marriage you will gain nothing.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Await the time and you will find the love great.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Venture not from home.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">This person is a sincere friend.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will never recover the theft.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The stranger will return, but not quickly.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">When abroad, keep from evil women or they will do you harm.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will soon gain what you little expect.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will have great success.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Rejoice ever at that which is ordained for you.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Signifies that sorrow will depart, and joy will return.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Your luck is in blossom; it will soon be at hand.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Death may end the imprisonment.</td></tr>
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-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span></p>
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-<div class="center">
-<table id="Ref_O" class="or" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Oraculum table O">
-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">O</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The prisoner will be released with joy.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The patient’s recovery is doubtful.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">She will have a son, who will live to a great age.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will get a virtuous partner.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Delay not this marriage&mdash;you will meet much happiness.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">None loves you better in this world.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You may proceed with confidence.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Not a friend, but a secret enemy.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will soon recover what is stolen.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The stranger will not return again.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">A foreign woman will greatly enhance your fortune.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will be cheated out of your gain.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Your misfortunes will vanish and you will be happy.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Your hope is in vain&mdash;fortune shuns you at present.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">That you will soon hear agreeable news.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">There are misfortunes lurking about you.</td></tr>
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-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span></p>
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-<div class="center">
-<table id="Ref_P" class="or" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Oraculum table P">
-<tr><td class="orhead" colspan="2">P</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">This day brings you an increase of happiness.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The prisoner will quit the power of his enemies.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The patient will recover and live long.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">She will have two daughters.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">A rich young person will be your partner.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Hasten your marriage&mdash;it will bring you much happiness.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The person loves you sincerely.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will not prosper from home.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">This friend is more valuable than gold.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will <span class="scap">NEVER</span> receive your goods.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">He is dangerously ill, and cannot yet return.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Depend upon your own industry, and remain at home.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Be joyful, for future prosperity is ordained for you.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Depend not too much on your good luck.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">What you wish will be granted to you.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">That you should be very careful this day, lest any accident befall you.</td></tr>
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-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span></p>
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-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">Signifies much joy and happiness between friends.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">This day is not very lucky, but rather the reverse.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">He will yet come to honor, although he now suffers.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Recovery is doubtful; therefore be prepared for the worst.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">She will have a son who will prove forward.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">A rich partner, but a bad temper.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">By wedding this person you insure your happiness.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />*<br />*</td><td class="ortext">The person has great love for you, but wishes to conceal it.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You may proceed on your journey without fear.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Trust him not; he is inconstant and deceitful.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />*<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">In a very singular manner you will recover your property.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">The stranger will return very soon.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">You will dwell abroad in comfort and happiness.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />*<br />**<br />*</td><td class="ortext">If you will deal fairly you will surely prosper.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">*<br />**<br />*<br />**</td><td class="ortext">You will yet live in splendor and plenty.</td></tr>
-<tr><td class="stars">**<br />**<br />**<br />**</td><td class="ortext">Make yourself contented with your <span class="scap">PRESENT</span> fortune.</td></tr>
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-<p class="aditem1">8 How to Become a Scientist</p>
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-<p class="aditem2">11 How to Write Love Letters</p>
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-<h2 style="margin-top: 0em">Transcriber’s Notes:</h2>
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-<p>The author of this book is listed in other sources as Aaron A. Warford.</p>
-
-<p>The Table of Contents was created by the transcriber and placed in
-the public domain.</p>
-
-<p>Punctuation has been made consistent.</p>
-
-<p>Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in
-the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors
-have been corrected.</p>
-
-<p>The following changes were made:</p>
-
-<p><a href="#Ref_36">p. 36</a>: ives changed to fives (three fives, a)</p>
-
-<p>pp. 36-37: The section entitled <a href="#NAPOLEONS_ORACULUM_OR_BOOK_OF_FATE">NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM; OR, BOOK OF FATE</a>
-was moved from just preceding the first section entitled <a href="#LIST_OF_UNLUCKY_DAYS">LIST OF UNLUCKY DAYS</a>
-to just preceding the section entitled <a href="#ORACULUM">ORACULUM</a>.</p>
-
-<p><a href="#Ref_39">p. 39</a>: cautions changed to cautious (extremely cautious of)</p>
-</div>
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