Low for a foreigner, Bark for a near one, Crow for a farmer, Screek, tree, screek, if I'm to die first. _Quaker Neck, Md._ 246. Eat an apple at midnight before the glass, saying, "Whoever my true love may be, come and eat this apple with me," while holding a lamp in the hand. Your true love will appear. _Winn, Me._ 247. Set the table in silence for two at eleven o'clock P.M., with bread and butter and silver knives and forks. Two girls sit down at twelve, and say, "Whoever my true love may be, come and eat this supper with me." _Winn, Me._ PLANTS. 248. Take beans in the hand, go out of doors and throw them against the window. The first man's name that you hear spoken is the name of the man you will marry. _Connecticut._ 249. Put three raw beans in your mouth, go out of doors, stand in front of some one's window and listen. The first man's name you hear spoken will be either that of your future husband or of the one having the same name. _Salem, Mass._ 250. If a piece of brush or brier sticks to the dress, name it. If it drops, the lover is false; if it sticks, he is true. _Northern Ohio._ 251. Blow seeds from the dandelion until none remain, counting each puff as a letter of the alphabet; the letter which ends the blowing is the initial of the name of the person the blower marries. 252. Rub your hands in sweet fern. The first one you shake hands with afterward is your true love. _Prince Edward Island._ 253. Wear a piece of fern in the toe of your shoe, and the first person you meet you will marry. _New Hampshire._ 254. Take a live-forever leaf, squeeze it to loosen the inner and outer skin. If it makes a balloon as you blow into it, you will be married and live a long time. If it does not, you will be an old maid. _St. John, N.B._ 255. Stick a piece of live-forever up on the wall, and in whatever direction it leans, the lover will come from that quarter. _Miramichi, N.B._ 256. Take two shoots of live-forever and pin them together on the wall. If they grow towards each other, the couple will marry; if away, they will become estranged. _Nantucket, Mass., and Western Massachusetts._ 257. Break off a piece of dodder or "lovevine," twirl it round the head three times and drop it on a bush behind you. If it grows, the lover is true; if not, he is false. _Tennessee._ 258. Twist a mullein-stalk nearly off after naming it. If it lives, he or she loves you; if not, not. _Newton, Mass., and Tennessee._ 259. After proceeding as above, count the number of new shoots that spring up (if any). The number shows how many children will result from the marriage. _Greene Co., Mo._ 260. Put a pea-pod with nine peas over the door. The first one who comes under it you will marry. _New England._