SUPERSTITIONS. 19 
On Halloween, if the white of egg be dropped 
into any pure liquid, the shape it takes will 
indicate the future of the person trying the 
charm. 
A maiden anxious to see her future husband, 
spends the day of St. Agnes in silence and fast- 
ing, then takes the yolk from a hard-boiled egg, 
fills the cavity with salt and eats shell and all. 
After sundry incantations she may then count 
on seeing the desired one in her dreams. 
Hebrew mourners returning from the funeral 
sometimes partake of a hard-boiled egg, sprinkled 
with ashes instead of salt. Probably this has 
reference to the resurrection. 
WG wwe ee 
