AFC_015076: Divinatory practice: Getting information about one's fated spouse (getting information about the looks and age of the fated spouse)

Collected in: Maramureș (Transilvania) by Niculina Țura-Mocanu; at Cetățele (1970)

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Collector's Categorization: practici pentru aflarea ursitei la Anul Nou

Local Designation: unknown

Informant: Unknown

Translator(s): Later

Reference(s): AFC 015076

Timing & Setting: [None] [V] once, New Year (New Year's eve; next morning); None (in the yard) [T]

Inventory Items

 

Signature objects (ribbon in girl's hair (golond)) [T]

 

Esoteric (fence post chosen by counting) [T]

 

Other (tie post nr. 1) [T]

 

Other (go to the fence by night) [T]

 

Other (put one's hand on a post) [T]

 

Count (count fence posts from 9 to 1, starting at random) [T]



[modified on: 01 July 2021 11:17:36 by Sanda Golopentia]