Welsh Folk Lore - Rhamanta, Or Omen Seeking.
Clefyd Yr Ede Wlan Or Yarn Sickness
About twenty years ago, when the writer was curate of Llanw...
Rhamanta Or Omen Seeking
Rhamanta was a kind of divination that could be resorted to w...
Coel Ede Wlan Or The Yarn Test
Two young women took a ball of yarn and doubled the threads...
Divination With The Twca Or Knife
The proceeding was as follows:--The party who wished to kno...
The Washing Test
Another well-known and often practised form of divination w...
Troi Crysau Or Clothes Drying Test
Young maidens washed linen after the household had retired,...
Hemp Seed Sowing
A young married woman, a native of Denbighshire, told me th...
Pullet's Egg Divination
Mr. J. Roberts, Plas Einion, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, told m...
The Candle And Pin Divination
The process is as follows:--A couple of young women meet, a...
Water In Basin Divination
Should young persons wish to know whether their husbands we...
Hairs Of A Lover Found Under A Holly Tree
This test is to be carried out on All Hallow Eve. The youn...
The Bible And Key Divination
A key is taken, and placed on the 16th verse of the 1st cha...
Testing A Lover's Love By Cracking Of Nuts
This divination is common to many countries, but the writer...
Gay Describes The Ceremony:--
Two hazel nuts I throw into the flame
And to each nu...
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