Ivy can also be used for divination. On Beltaine Eve in Scotland three leaves were pinned to a night shirt or gown so one could dream of a future lover. To divine your future for an upcoming year, place an Ivy leaf into a bowl of water on New Year’s Eve and leave it there until Twelfth Night. If it is still green it means that the new year will be happy. If there are black spots on the leaf it foretells sickness in the feet or legs. If there are spots at the pointed end it indicates stomach troubles. Spots in the center of the leaf mean problems in the head, and spots near the stem mean
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