Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 391
ecognise her own again, and areplaced in an earthenware crock. The trinkets remain in the water over night;and the next day after church the bands of girls collect together again and goabout the village with one of their number dressed up as a bride called Romand^singing songs as before and with… … Fig. 193. one by one. They tell fortunes by the condition of the trinkets : for instance, ifone has gone yellow, the omen is good; if black, the omen is bad. It seems possiblethat the dressing up of agirl as a bride and the visiting of the conduits is connectedwith a rain-charm^. This is in brief…
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