BEAN: divination

From: A Dictionary of Superstitions | Date: 1996| Author: | Copyright information

BEAN: divination
1787 GROSE Provincial Glossary. Scadding [boiling] of Peas . A custom in the North … a bean, shell and all, is put into one of the peapods, whosoever gets this ...

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