![]() ![]() In Scotland, girls would meet in a field of crops at midnight, throw grain on to the soil and pray: Another tradition was to eat a portion of dumb cake (a salty confection prepared with friends in total silence) before retiring to bed, hoping to dream of a future love: “St Agnes, that’s to lovers kind / Come ease the trouble of my mind” January 20th is the Eve of St Agnes, traditionally the night when girls and unmarried women wishing to dream of their future husbands would perform certain rituals before going to bed.īizarrely, these rituals included transferring pins one by one from a pincushion to a sleeve whilst reciting the Lord’s Prayer, walking backwards upstairs to bed or fasting all day. Girls, if you wish to dream of your future partner, seek out a recipe for dumb cake and get ready for St Agnes Eve! ![]()
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