I found this interesting pece i will quote entierly
“ ... It was required that on this day they should not eat,
it was thus known as St. Agnes's Fast,
and their future husband would appear in a dream. ”
In Scotland, young men and women would meet together on St. Agnes's Eve at midnight,
they would go one by one, into a remote field and throw in some grain,
after which they repeated the following rhyme ...
“ Agnes sweet, and Agnes fair,
Hither, hither, now repair;
Bonny Agnes, let me see
The lad who is to marry me. ”
“ ... It was required that on this day they should not eat,
it was thus known as St. Agnes's Fast,
and their future husband would appear in a dream. ”
In Scotland, young men and women would meet together on St. Agnes's Eve at midnight,
they would go one by one, into a remote field and throw in some grain,
after which they repeated the following rhyme ...
“ Agnes sweet, and Agnes fair,
Hither, hither, now repair;
Bonny Agnes, let me see
The lad who is to marry me. ”
If they had followed the instructions correctly, then the shadow of the destined bride or bridegroom would be seen in a looking-glass later that same night.
St Agnes eve is the 21st january
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