Hempseed I sow,
Hempseed I hoe,
He that is my true love,
Come after me and mow.

After this, look over your left shoulder and you will see your future
spouse.

In some places the sower goes round the house.

Another is to go into the garden backwards, in silence, and gather a
rose and keep it in a clean sheet of paper without looking at it, until
Christmas Day, when it will be as fresh as in June, and if it is worn on
that day on the bosom he that is to be the husband will come and take it
out.

Just before twelve o'clock at night take a clean chemise, wet it and
turn it inside out and put over a chair before the fire, and when the
clock strikes midnight your future spouse will come and turn the
chemise. This must be done in perfect silence as a single word will
break the spell.


DUMB CAKE.

On Midsummer Eve three girls are required to make a dumb cake. Two must
make it, two bake it, two break it, and the third put a piece under each
of their pillows. Strict silence must be preserved. The following are
the directions given how to proceed: The two must go to the larder and
jointly get the various ingredients. First they get a bowl, each holding