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TO FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY, TAKE AN APPLE BY THE
STEM AND TWIST THE APPLE WHILE YOU ARE SAYING THE ALPHABET.
THE LETTER THAT YOU ARE SAYING WHEN THE STEM BREAKES IS THE INITIAL
OF THE PERSON YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERS DOING THIS WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER.

Where learned: OHIO ; DEFIANCE

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Use of Object

Date learned: 03-00-1982

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