536 Canadian Record of Science. 
Love-charms have a never-failing interest for many. 
The formula repeated, while the charm is used, being more 
essential than the flower chosen. In New Brunswick, on 
St. Agnes Eve, rosemary is placed under the pillow with 
these words :— 
“St Agnes, that’s to lovers kind, 
Come ease the troubles of my mind.” 
The lovers of the girl, trying the charm, will then appear 
to her ina dream. The well-known Huropean practice of 
ascertaining a lover’s sincerity by plucking, one by one, 
the rays of a daisy, at the same time repeating a rhyme, 
has a slight variation in New Brunswick. The usual 
formula being often replaced by :— 
“He loves me, he don’t, 
He’ill have me, he won't, 
He would if he could, 
But he can’t.” 
Bad English does not .interfere with the efficacy of a 
charm. “ Peascod wooing” is practised in various parts 
of Canada. If when shelling peas, the cook chances to 
find a pod containing nine, she places it over the door. 
The first man who enters will hear the same name as her 
future husband. In Campbellton, N.B., it is customary for 
a girl to gather three or four heads of thistle, cut off the 
purple tips, assign to each head the name of an admirer, 
and place them under her pillow. The next morning, the 
thistle which has put forth a fresh sprout will show 
which is the truest of her lovers. 
Among North American Indians, dreams and trees have 
a close connection. The Ojibwés believe in a mysterious 
tree or vine which forms a link between earth and heaven. 
Upon it, spirits habitually pass up and down; but in dreams 
only, were men enabled to climb it and gain an insight 
into the future. * 
The weather, apart from its physical effects, was sup- 
posed to have a great influence over plants. Hach was 
! Dorman’s Primitive Superstitions. 
