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this charm, only instead of the wedding fiugor let him pierce his lift thumb.
HOW TO MAKE THE DUMB CAKE.
In order to make the Dumb Cake with perfection, it is necessary strictly to observe the following instruc- tions :—
Let any number of young women take a handful of wheaten flour, (and from the moment the hand touches the flour, not a word is to be spoken by any of them during the process,) and place it on a sheet of white paper ; then sprinkle it over with as much salt as can be held betwixt the finger and thumb, then one of the damsels must pour in as much asses’ milk as will make it into dough; which being done, each of the company must roll it up, and spread it thin and broad ; and each person must, (at some distance from each other) make the first letters of her Christian name and surname, with a largo new pin, towards the end of the cake, (if more Christian names than one, the first letter of each must be made,) the cake must be then set before the fire, and each person must sit down in a chair, as j far distant from the fire as the room will admit, not speaking ; a single word all this while.
This must be done soon after eleven at night, and between that and twelve each person must turn the cake once, and in a few minutes after twelve, the husband of her who is to be first married will appear to lay his hand on that part of the cake which is marked with her name.
CUPID’S NOSEGAY.
On the first night of the new moon in July, take a red rose, a white one, a yellow flower, a blue one, a sprig of rue and rosemary, and nine blades of long grass, bind altogether with a lock of your own hair; kill a white pigeon, sprinkle the nosegay with the blood from the heart, and some common salt; wrap the
