The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PREDICTION

ON THE EVE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, PLACE AN EGG WHITE INTO A
SEE-THROUGH BOTTLE OF WATER. PUT THIS OUTSIDE OVER NIGHT. THE EGG
WHITE WILL GO INTO DIFFERENT SHAPES. THIS WILL PREDICT THE FUTURE
FOR THE YEAR.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN HIS GRANDFATHER WAS VISITING FROM
ITALY. HIS PARENTS TRIED THIS AND THE SHAPE RESEMBLED A BOAT.
THAT YEAR, HIS GRANDFATHER RETURNED TO ITALY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT