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TWIST THE STEM OF AN APPLE WHILE SAYING THE ALPHABET.
WHICHEVER LETTER YOU ARE ON WHEN THE STEM COMES OUT
IS THE FIRST LETTER OF THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN YOU
WILL MARRY. YOU CAN ALSO PEEL THE APPLE IN ONE
CONTINUOUS PEEL THEN THROW THE PEEL OVER YOUR
SHOULDER. IT WILL LAND IN THE FIRST LETTER OF HIS
NAME.

Submitter comment: I LEARNED THESE THINGS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL
ABOUT 1950, BUT I CANNOT REMEMBER WHO I LEARNED THEM
FROM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Subject headings: 862 Use of object for determining future spouse

Date learned: 05-12-1965 ; 00-00-1950

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