sparrow, wasn't there a whole series of objects put into christmas puddings, which told the fortunes of the people who got them ? like, a coin meant you would be rich, a ring meant you would get married, a button meant a man would remain a bachelor and a thimble meant that someone would be an old maid... there might be more of them but i can't remember. i think i read about that in an agatha christie novel, the one where the prince's jewel is stolen, i can't remember the title... it's a poirot novel.
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