very nice thing to do?It is good luck to kiss under the mistletoe. It is bad luck to deliberately to avoid doing this.
Take three leaves of holly and on them prick the initials of three of your admirers. On Christmas Eve place the leaves under your pillow, and it is said that the one whom you will marry will appear to you in a dream.
Sew nine holly-leaves on to your nighttime clothing, borrow a wedding ring and place it on the third finger of your left hand, and then go to bed. During the night, your future husband will appear to you in a vision.
Make a chain of holly, mistletoe and juniper, and tie an acorn between each link. You need to have 2 other girls to assist you. At midnight on Christmas Eve the 3 of you must go into a room where a fire is lit, lock the door, hang the key over the mantelpiece and open the window wide. Then wrap the chain, which you have made around a log and sprinkle it with oil, a few pinches of salt and some earth. The log and chain must be placed on the fire and all lights turned out. Each girl sits around the fire with a prayer-book upon her knees, opened at the marriage service. As soon as the chain has been burnt, it is said that each girl will see the vision of her future husband crossing the room. If such a vision does not appear to a girl, she will never marry; or if she sees a phantom, such as a skeleton, which causes fear, it is also taken to be a sign that she will remain a spinster.
Tie a sprig of holly to each leg of your bedstead, and before you go to bed eat a roasted apple. Your future partner in marriage will come and speak to you in your dreams.
The yule log should be lit by a piece of the log used on the previous Christmas. Once that is done, no evil spirit can then enter into the house. The remains of the Yule log were also considered lucky, and would be a protection against lightning or fire.
2007-11-26 03:41:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
By the time you got done storing all of that holly, wouldn't your head look like a pincushion?
2007-11-26 04:45:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Naw its not true, you have made it all up,the only thing the Lassies will catch is the Flu or a skin condition from being pricked by all that holly and it must be a very big piece of log if its been burning since last Christmas.
2007-11-26 04:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What if we don't have three admirers to put on the holly leaves. Should we just give up?
2007-11-26 04:24:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thank you for all of this. This would not do me any good because the Perfect Man would be looking for the Perfect Woman.
2007-11-26 08:55:49 · answer #4 · answered by mydearsie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard those before. Thank you , I have a couple single friends that need your advice.
2007-11-26 04:31:14 · answer #5 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Phew! Aren't I glad I've already found my perfect man!
2007-11-26 09:49:06 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love reading all of this. I dont want to get married again so I wont tamper with this ok? ;-)
2007-11-26 05:19:47 · answer #7 · answered by ncgirl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a bit late for me, been married a long time
2007-11-26 09:58:26 · answer #8 · answered by Diamond 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I enjoy reading all those old superstitions. I wonder if they ever worked.
2007-11-26 03:54:38 · answer #9 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i do not about this -- every time if tried to hook up too foks something always backfired and i lost two friends!!!!
2007-11-26 03:57:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋