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magnet, give the watch to another person and desire him to make the experiment; in which he not succeeding, give it to a third (at the same time replacing the magnet), and he will immediately perform it to the great ehagrin of the seeond party.
This experiment cannot be effeeted, unless you take the preeaution to use a very strongly impregnated magnetie bar, and that the balance wheel of the wateh be of steel, which may be ascertained by previously opening it, and looking at the works.
The witches’ chain.
Let three young women join in making a long ehain, about a yard will do, of Christmas juniper, and misletoe berries, and at the end of every link put an oak aeorn. Exaetly before midnight let them assemble in a room by themselves, where no one can disturb them; leave a window open, and take the key out of the keyhole and hang it over the ehimney-pieee; have a good fire, and plaee in the midst of it a long thinnish log of wood, well sprinkled with oil, salt, and fresh mould, then wrap the ehain round it, eaeh maiden having an equal share in the business; then sit down, and on your left knee let eaeh fair one have a prayer-book opened at the matrimonial service. just as the last aeorn is burnt, the future husband will cross the room; eaeh one will see her own proper spouse, but he will be invisible to the rest of the wakeful virgins. Those that are not to wed will see a coffin, or some misshapen
