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St Valentine's Day love divination
A day on which, in older custom, the first person you meet or the first bird you see was said to show your future partner.
About St Valentine's Day love divination
By the late Middle Ages in England and France, St Valentine's Day was tied to the idea that birds choose their mates in mid-February, and to games of choosing a sweetheart by lot. Later customs held that the first unmarried person of the opposite sex seen that morning would be your match, or that the kind of bird first seen told the sort of spouse. Young women in some places pinned bay leaves to the pillow in the hope of a dream of a future husband. Many of the practices were once carried out in earnest and are now remembered as quaint. The greetings card business that grew in the nineteenth century has largely replaced them.
Also part of it, and being written: Valentine's Day (The day and its history.), Divination (Love divination as a type.).
Written by the EveryJaadu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Valentine's Day" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family, and are described as belief and practice. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.