A Love Charm from Tenessee
(Practised for Hundreds of Years)

Catch a Snail
& Shut it up in a Box or Sealed Container
For the Night.
In the Morning, Your Lovers Initials
Will be Traced in a Silvery trail on the Surface.

An even Older Method Requires the Snail
to be left to wander over freshly-raked
Ashes in the Hearth, Again leaving a clue as
to the future mate's identity in the
Shape of a letter or number.