Two seeds were named, one for a girl and one for a young man, and placed on a hot stove or in front of an open fire. The augury, concerning the future relations of the young people was derived from the behavior of the two seeds. If as they heated they jumped away from one another, the two persons would become estranged or their friendship die; if the seeds moved nearer together, marriage was implied; if the one named for the girl moved towards the other, it signified that the young woman was fonder of the young man than he was of her, and so on. _Northern Ohio._ 170. "A common project in my girlhood was to place an apple-seed on each of the four fingers of the right hand, that is, on the knuckles, first moistening them with spittle. A companion then 'named' them, and the fingers were worked so as to move slightly. The seed that stayed on the longest indicated the name of your future husband." _Stratham, N.H._ 171. Name apple-seeds and place on the lids of the closed eyes. Wink and the first to fall off shows the name of your future husband. _Winn, Me., New York, and Pennsylvania._ 172. To name apple-seeds, put one on each temple, get some one to name them, and the one that sticks the longest will be the true one. 173. Name apple pips, put them on the grate, saying,-- If you love me, live and fly; If you do not, lie and die. BABIES. 174. Kiss the baby when nine days old, and the first gentleman you kiss afterward will be your future husband. _New England._ BED. 175. Go upstairs backward, into a chamber backward, and into bed backward. Drink some salt and water, and if you dream of some one bringing you drink it will be your future husband. _Maine and Salem, Mass._ 176. The first time two girls sleep together let them tie two of their big toes together with woollen yarn, and the one with the shortest piece of broken string left attached in the morning will be married first. _Northern Ohio._ 177. If two girls on sleeping together for the first time tie their waists together with string or thread, and the thread gets broken in the night, the first man who puts his arm round the waist of either will have the first name of the man whom that girl will marry, whether that man is the one or not. _Province of Quebec._ 178. After getting ready for bed in silence, take a ball of string and wind about the wrist, repeating,-- I wind, I wind, This night to find, Who my true love's to be; The color of his eyes, The color of his hair, And the night he'll be married to me. _Chestertown, Md._ 179. Name the bed-posts for four different men. The one you dream about you will marry. _General._