Saint Agnes eve and lads to see

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. ”

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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Mirror under the pillow

Mirros under the pillow ritual is one of the rituals commonly associated wit the Epiphany (Also known as Teophany) Christian holiday,wich falls on 19th January in Ortodox calendars. So the night before the holiday you put a mirror under your pillow - and say ''may the destined one comes to my dreams '' And you should dream the man ''of your dreams'' that nigh - probably wont see his face. You can do this ritual whenever you want ,best time to do it is night befor a holy day (and ritual you do is best done then) Ps. there are many ''under the pillow '' rituals in Serbian culture and belif ,and i will write about them in my future blogs. Edit : One girl told me for the mirror under pillow ritual wich should be done 3 days - starting from Wndsdany to Fiday - third night the person you dream is ''the one''

clover rituals

Basically this are all similar rituals that involve clovers - so you will need clovers (with two or four leavse) and shoes. This is how four leaved clover looks like - Put a clover with two leaves in one of your shoes - the first man that approaches you from the side the clover is in ,will be your husdband ( i know this sounds risky huh ) - Put a four leaved clover in your shoe and you will marry a man with the same first name as the man that approaches you first from the side clover is on. (huh,this sounds better than the one above,dosent it? ) - Put a four leaved clover in your shoe and you will soon meet the man you will marry

40 sticks

This ritual is very similar to the ' 'bridge ritual '' what is unique for this one is that it should be done next to river and with 40 sticks - and also its done on specificaly on the day of 40 holly martyrs ,the day wich we in Serbia call ''Newlyweds day'' the hollyday is on 22 march . Basically that day you should go to the river and place 40 sticks that represent a bridge over few rocks that you placed or something under wich water can pass and say ''may my loved one come to my dreams over this bridge'' The ritual is confirmed that it works ,someone i know has dreamt her future husdband after doing it.

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