Apple Love Divination

To learn the initial of a future lover, peel an apple without letting the peel break. Hold the peel in your right hand and chant "Saint Simon and Saint Jude, on you I intrude, with this paring to discover, the first letter of my own true lover." Turn around three times counterclockwise and throw the peel over your left shoulder. The peel should fall in the shape of your future lovers initial. Or hang the peel inside a door, the first person to walk through will have the same initial as your future love.

To find the location of your future partner, place an apple seed in your left hand, cover it with your right, and shake while chanting, "apple seed, apple seed, of the apple tree, tell me where my true love will be. North, south, east or west, apple seed, apple seed, answer my request." Open your palm and the pointed end of the seed will point to your love.

To predict the initials of your future spouse twist an apple stem, saying the alphabet. The letter you are on when the stem breaks is the first initial. Then tap the broken end of the stem against the apple, again reciting the alphabet, when the skin breaks, you will have the second initial.

If you must choose between two lovers, cut an apple in half, take two whole seeds, and designate one to each lover. Press them to your forehead. The one who sticks the longest loves you the most.

To determine if someone loves you, eat an apple until you reach a seed. Remove it and give it the name of your intended. Use a pin to write the name on a candle. Light the candle and drop the seed into the flame. If it makes a cracking sound, they can hardly contain their feelings for you.

Take an apple seed and give it the name of your lover. Place it in the embers of a fire. If it pops, they love you. If it burns silently, true love is absent.

To see if a couple will marry, place two seeds in the embers. If both shoot off in the same direction, they will marry. If the seeds part company, so will the couple. If the seeds burn silently, a proposal will never be heard.