Some ‘Halloween spells’ from an early 1930s volume of ‘Newnes
Everything Within’
“To eat an apple on All Hallow’s Eve, seated alone
before a mirror, by the light of a candle, is a very old spell, by means of
which a girl seeks to see her future husband.
The
sweetheart, if she is to marry, comes behind her back and looks into the glass
over her shoulder. She must go on eating until the apple is all consumed, and
on no account turn her head until after the shade has faded away and she has
blown out the candle.
To throw the
spool. This requires courage. A girl opens the door or gate leading into
the garden, and while keeping the end of the thread inher own hand, she must
throw the spool into the garden, winding the end of the thread around he
wedding finger until she sees her spectral lover with the bobbin in his hand.
No words are to pass between them. No one must know about this spell being
tried either before or after it has been accomplished.
“What will my
man be like ? “ Go to the wood-pile on
31st October and pull out the first stick that comes handy. If it is
smooth, he will be young. If straight and even, he will be kind and gentle ; if
knotty, he will be cantankerous. But if it is bent and withered, he will be a
bad-tempered old man.
To answer any
question. Run a new silk thread through a gold ring and hold it ove a
tumbler of water. Ask one question that can be answered by a direct “ Yes “ or “
No “. Hold the ends of the thread steadily as you ask, then notice how many
times the ring strikes against the glass. If once, the answer is “ No “. If
twice, “ Doubtful “. If three times, the answer is “ Yes “.”
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