Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1910 — Apples as Omens. [ARTICLE]

Apples as Omens.

In parts of England many quaint superstitions still center round the apple. Apples hung on strings and twirled before the fire are said to fall off in the order that the marriages of the various owners will proceed. An apple eaten before a looking glass is supposed to give a view of the inquirer’s future husband, who will be seen peeping over milady’s shoulder. Peel safely taken from an apple, tossed three tifnes round the head and thrown to the ground unbroken forms the first letter of a future lover’s name. A more recent, though hardly more serious custom necessitates a bowl of water in whi£h a re floating a number of apples. Mothers must drop forks into the bowl from a distance of about four feet. If the fork pierces an apple the feat is believed to protect the performer’s children from catching cold. — London Scrapß.