Here I Stand Picking Sage

DESCRIPTION: "Here I stand picking sage, Who will come and pick with me?" Used as a fortune-telling game: If played on May 1, the one who came to pick with you would marry you
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1953 (MidwestFolklore)
KEYWORDS: food work game | sage
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Frances Boshears, "Granddaddy Roberts," Volume 3, Number 3 (Fall 1953), p. 155, "(Here I stand picking sage)" (1 text)
File: MWF3155A

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