Author: Tari Warwick
Date: 1860-08-15 00:00:00+00:00
Keywords: Chapbooks -- Specimens.; Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century; McGill University Library Digitized Title; McGill Library's Chapbook Collection; Chapbooks
Description: [8] p. : ill. ; 19 cm. First sentence: "In the first place, take a pack of Cards and shuffle them well three times over, and make your significator which queen you please (if a lady perform the operation herself, or a king if a gentleman); then proceed to lay them on a table, nine in a row, and wherever you find yourself placed, count nine cards every way, not forgetting your said significator, and then you will see what cards your significator comes in company with, and whatever it is, so it will happen to you." Includes 1 woodcut Date range taken from P. A. H. Brown's London publishers and p
Publisher: London : W.S. Fortey

The Norwood gipsy's fortune teller

1. The Norwood gipsy's fortune teller

The Norwood gipsy's fortune teller

W.S. Fortey,

This book was produced in EPUB format by the Internet Archive.

The book pages were scanned and converted to EPUB format automatically. This process relies on optical character recognition, and is somewhat susceptible to errors. The book may not offer the correct reading sequence, and there may be weird characters, non-words, and incorrect guesses at structure. Some page numbers and headers or footers may remain from the scanned page. The process which identifies images might have found stray marks on the page which are not actually images from the book. The hidden page numbering which may be available to your ereader corresponds to the numbered pages in the print edition, but is not an exact match; page numbers will increment at the same rate as the corresponding print edition, but we may have started numbering before the print book's visible page numbers. The Internet Archive is working to improve the scanning process and resulting books, but in the meantime, we hope that this book will be useful to you.

The Internet Archive was founded in 1996 to build an Internet library and to promote universal access to all knowledge. The Archive's purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. The Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages, and provides specialized services for information access for the blind and other persons with disabilities.

Created with abbyy2epub (v.1.6.1)

THE

NORWOOD GIPSY'S

London :-W. S. PORTEY, Wholesale Juvenile Book Printer,2 & 3* Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury.

CARDS.

Ik the first place, take a pack of Cards and shuffle them well threetimes oyer, and make your significator which queen you please (if a ladyperform the operation for herself, or a king if a gentleman) ; then proceedto lay them on a table, nine in a row, and wherever you find yourselfplaced, count nine cards every way, »ot forgetting your said significator,and then you will see what cards your significator comes in company with,and whatever it is, so it will happen to you.

If two red tens come against your said significator, it is a sign of mar-riage or prosperitj^fWe ace of diamonds is a ring, the ace of hearts isyour house, the ace ^|olubs is a letter, the ace of spades is death, orsome grievous affliction,,Spite, or quarrelling, (for that is the worst card inthe pack). The ,-tpji of $amonds is a journey, the tray of hearts is asalute, the tray of spades is tears, the ten of spades is sickness, thenine of spades % a sad disappointment or trouble, the nine of clubsshows a jovial/entertainment or r«fyelling ; the nine of hearts feasting,the ten of cjub's travelling by water, the ten of hearts some placeof amusement^!-,e five of hearts a present, the five of clubs a bundle, thesix of spades a child, the seven of spades a removal, the tray of clubsfighting, the eighS of clubs confusion, %_ eight, of spades a roadway, thefour of clubs a strange bed, the nine of diamonds business, the five ofdiamonds a settlement, the five of spades a surprise, the two red eightsnew clothes, the tray of diamonds speaking with a friend, the four of spadesa sick bed, the seven of clubs a prison, the deuce of spades a false friend,the four of hearts a marriage bed. When several diamonds come toge-ther, it is a sign that you will soon receive some money, several heartslove, several clubs drink and noise, troublesome company, and severalspades trouble and vexation.

% If a married lady doth lay the cards, she must then make her husband«he king of the same suit die is queen of; but if a single lady doth makeuse of this science, she must make her lover what king she may thinkproper; the knave of the ssme suit are the men's thoughts, so that theymay know what they are tt inking of, by counting nine cards from wherethey are placed, and if any "ady should wish to know whether she shallobtain her desires in a?iy particular subject, matter, or thing whatsoever,let her shuffle the cards well, most seriously and earnestly wishing all thetime for one thing, she must then cut them once, particularly observingat the same time what card that is which she cuts, shuffle them again,and then lay them out in three parcels, which being done, look carefullyover every parcel, and if that particular card which you have just cut dotheome next yourself, or next the ace of hearts, you will have your wish,Suit if the nine of spades is next to you, you must then judge to the con-trary, for that is a disappointment; however, you may try three times,taking the majority of testimonies for a ground whereon to place yowfadgmeist.

FORT ONE TELLER.

Ace of Ckibs, promises great wealth.

King, announces a man who is humane, upright, affec-tionate, and faithful.

Queen, shews a loving person.

Knave shews a generous friend.

Nine, shews that you will displease a friend.

Ten denotes great riches from an unexpected quarter;but it also threatens that you will lose a dear friend.

Eight, shews the person is covetous.

Seven, promises the most brilliant fortune.

Six, shews that you will engage in a very lucrative part-nership, and your children will behave well.

Five, declares that you will shortly be married to someperson who will mend your circumstances.

Four^ shews inconstancy lor the sake of money,

Tray, shews that you will be three times married, andeaca time to a wealthy person.

Deuce, shews that there will be some unfortunate oppo-sition to our favourite inclination.

Ace of Diamonds, shews a person who is fond of ruralsports, and a great builder.

King, shews a fiery temper.

Queen, signifies that a woman will rot be industrious.

Knave, however nearly related, will look more after hisown interest than yours.

Ten, promises a country husband or wife, with greatwealth and many children.

Nine, declares that the person will be of a roving disposition
tight, that the person runs the risk of dying unmarried.

Seven, Bhews that you will spend your happiest days in thecountry.

Six, shews an early marriage and widowhood.

Five shews you a well-assorted marriage.

Four, shews the inconstancy of the person you will bemarried to.

Tray, shews that yon will be engaged in law-suits anddomestic disagreements.

Deuce, shews that your heart will be engaged early.

Ace of Hearts, signifies merry-making and good humour.

King, shews a man of iair complexion, good disposition,but inclined to passion.

Queen, shews a woman of a very fair complexion, and &great beauty.

FORTUNE TELLE*.

Knavs, is y&w? dearest friend, though probably not accord-ing to your fancy, as he will be industrious to prerent yourschemes.

Ten, shews good natnre and many children, it corrects thebad tidings of the other cards.

Nine, promises great wealth and high esteem, if the cardsare not unfavourable that stand near it*

Eight, points out a strong inclination to get intoxicated.

Seven, shews the person to be of a fickle disposition, andaddicted to roaming.

Six, shews a generous disposition.

Five, shews a wavering disposition.

Four, the person will not be married early.

Tray, will experience much ill-will of others.

Deuce, shews that success will attend the person*

Ace of Spades, totally relates to the affairs of love, with-out specifying whether lawful or unlawful.

King, shews a man who is ambitious, and certainly suc-cessful at court, or with some great man.

Queen, shews a person will be corrupted by the great ofboth sexes.

Knave, shews a person who although he has your welfareat heart, will be indolent of it.

Ten, is a card of bad import, it will in a great measurecounteract the good of the others,

Nine, is the worst card in the whole pack, it portendsdangerous sickness and loss of fortune.

Eight shews that you will experience strong oppositionfrom your iriends in love.

Seven, shews the loss of a most valuable friend.

Six, announces the mediocrity of fortune, and a greatuncertainty in your undertakings.

Five, will give very little interruption to your success ; itpromises good luck in a wife.

Four, shews speedy sickness, and that your friends willinjure your fortune.

Tray, shews that you will be unfortunate inD§me9 always signifies a coffin.

THE NEW FORTUNE TELLER.

PALMISTRY.

The palms of the hands contain a great variety of lines running indifferent direction, every one of which hears a certain relation to theevents of a person's life ; and from them, with the most infallible certainty,can be told every circumstance that will happen to an? one, by observingthem properly. ' It is, therefore, recommended to pay particular attentionto this subject, as by that means you will undoubtedly gain very excel-lent knowledge for your pains.

First is given the names of the several lines as they hold their plaees,and then to particularise their qualities.

& There are five principal lines in tho hand, viz. :—The Line of Life.The Line of Death. The Table Line. The Girdle of Venus. The Lineof Fortune. Besides these there are other Lines, as the Line of Saturn,the Lever Line, and some others, but these only serve to explain theprincipal Lines.

The chief Line on which persons of the profession lay the greatest stressis the Line of Life, which generally takes its rise where the thumb jointplays with the wrist on the inside, and runs in an oblique direction tothe inside of the innermost joint of the fore-finger.

The next is the Line of Death, which separates the fleshy part of thehand on the little finger side from the hollow of the hand, running invarious directions in different people.

The Table Line originates with the Line of Life at the wrist, and runsthrough the hollow of the hand towards the middle finger.

The trirdle of Venus take its course from the extremity of the inner-most joint of the little finger and forming a curve, terminates between thefore and middle fingers.

The Line of Fortune strikes from behind the ball, or mount of theforefinger, across the palm and Line of Life, and loses itself m or nearthe fleshy part of the hand, on the little finger side.

If the Line of Life is crossed by other lines at or near the wrist, theperson will meet with sickness in the beginning of life, and the sicknesswill be proportioned to the size, length, and breadth of the interveninglines. If the Line of Life runs far and uninterrupted, the person willenioy good health ; and, according to its length towards the outside of thefore finger, you may judge if the person will live long, as longer the line
the longer the life. , , . , ,

^ If the Line of Life is short, and runs even, without being broken ordivided, it shows that the person will enjoy good length of days, and notsubject to many maladies, but if it is interrupted, it shows that the person slife will be endangered by sickness. If this line ends abruptly and wrtha broad point, it shows that the person will die suddenly; if it goes off ma tapering point, the last sickness will be slow, and consuming by degree.If other lines run across it, the person will be of a weakly and infirm habit©f body, often incapable of following any hard or laborious business.

THE NEW FORTUNE TELLER.

Tfej Line of Fortune, by its approach to the Girdle of Venus, shew*that there is a gtrong kindred between them, and their distance, at theirtwo extremities, clearly points out that love is inconsistent with childhoodand old age; yet. in those where the cross lines approach from one to theother near the ends, prove that the person were or will be, susceptible•f love in childhood or old age. For example, if the cross lines are at thebeginning of the Girdle of Venus, and bear towards t he tail of the Lineof Fortune, it evidently indicates that the person wks susceptible of loveat an earlier period than usual; if these lines of communication are crossedby other small lines the person has been disappointed in his wishes, orseverely punished for gratifying them; if plain and straight, he has beensuccessful; if the lines rise from theiu ii of the Girdle towards the head ofthe Line of Fortune, the person will be loving in his old age; and ac-cording to the traverse lines, will be successful or unfortunate in hisaffairs :< if the Line of Fortune runs smooth, broad and clear, the personwill enjoy affluence through lite, and be very prosperous in all his under-takings

DIRECTIONS TO CHOOSE A HUSBAND BY THE COLOUR

OF HIS HAIR.

Black.—Stout and healthy, but apt to be cross and surly; if veryblack and smooth, and a large quantity, will be fond ot where he fixeshis attachment, not addicted to jilting, make a good husband and takeeare of his family; but if short and curly, be of an unsettled temper,given to drinking, somewhat quarrelsome, will shew much fondness atfirst paying his addresses, but be unsteady and forgetful afterwards.

White or Fair— Will be of a weak constitution, rather stupid, veryfond of music will cut no great figure in the world, very moderate in hiswishes, but will be the father of a large family.

Yellow. — Inclinable to jealousy.

Light Brown— Neither very good nor very bad, middling in allrespects, ratlier fond of the female sex, but upon the whole a goodcharacter

Dark Brown.—Sensible and good humoured, careful and attentive tobusiness, genei ally makes a good husband.

Very Dark Brown.—\n a robust constitution, and of a grave dispo-sition, but good tempered and sensible, very fond of his wile, though hemay chance now and then to be careless.

Bed,—Will be artful, cunning and deceitful, and make love to anywoman he may come across; loves his wife so well, that she will scarcelyhare any clothing to her back; but is generally of a lively temper.

THE NEW FORTUNE TELLER

CHARMS AND CEREMONIES.

To See a Future Husband.—On Midsummer eve, just at sunset,three, five, or seven young women are to go into a garden, in which thereis no other person, and each gather a sprig of red sage, and then goinginto a room by themselves, set a stool in the middle of the room, and on ita clean bason full of water, in which the sprigs of sage are put, and tyinga line across the room, on one side of the stool, each woman is to hang onit a clean apron turned the wrong side outwards, then all are to sit down ina row, ont he opposite side of the stool, as far distant as the room will admitnot speaking the whole time, whatever they see, and in • a few minutesafter twelve each one's future husband will take her sprig out of the rosewater and sprinkle her with it.

Another Way to See a Spouse in a Dream The party inquiring
must be in a different county from that in which she commonly resides,and on going to bed must knit the left garter about the right leg stockingletting the other garter and stocking alone; and as you rehearse the fol-lowing verses, at every comma knit a knot:—

This knot I knit, to know the thing I know not yet,That I may see, the man that shall my husband be,

How he goes, and what he wears,

And what he does all days and years.

Accordingly in a dream, he will appear with the insignia of his trade andprofession.

To know if your present Sweetheart will marry yon.—Let any un-married woman take the blade bone of a shoulder of lamb, and borrowinga pen knife (but be sure not to mention for what purpose) on going to bedstick the knife once through the bone every night, for nine nights indifferent places, repeating every night, while sticking the knife, thesewords:—

'Tis not this bone I mean to stick,But my lover's heart I mean to prick,Wishing him neither rest or sleep,Till he comes to speak.

Accordingly at the end of the nine days, or shortly after, he will ask forsomething to put to a, wound he will have met with during the time youwere charming him.

To know whether a Woman will hove the Man she wishes.—Get twolemon peels, wear them all day, one in each pocket; at night rub the fourposts of the bedstead with them. If she is to suucceed the person willappear to her whilst asleep, and present her whh a couple of lemons; Hnot, there is no hope.

L

THE NEW FORTUNE TELLER.MOLES.

A mole in the middle of the forehead, if black, shows a person guilty of many criminal thingsthrough luxury. If it be a honey colour, it is better; if red still better. LRit rises Uke a wart, it igBather good than bad. In a woman it shows her to be of a petulant temper; fc black she is impudentand vile.

When a mole appears on the upper part ofthe right temple, above tue eye, near the hair, it showsa man shall have a hearty and very long life, and enjoy the goods of fortune. If honey colour, or red,be is studious—ifi)lack, it lessens the good things—if it appear as a wart the good is augmented. To* woman it signifies a good and happy fortune by marriage—if it appears black she will bury her firsthusband.

A mole on the right side of the forehead or right temple signifies that the person will arrive toand den wealth and honour.

A mole on the right eyebrow announces speedy marriage, the husbaud to possess many goodQualities and a large fortune.

A mole discernable under the left eye, near the nose, is of the same nature as the preceding.

A molt/ under the hollow ofthe right eye, by the inward part of the nose, shows a man to be of acholeric, hasty, proud, and furious spirit. It shows a woman to be proud and puffed up with coaceit,wad a fomenter of strife and mischief to her own destruction.

A mole on either eye denotes the person to be of a sober, steady and serious disposition*

A mole on either cheek signifies that the person will never rise above mediocity in point of.**rtune.

A mole on the nose shows that the person will have good success to his or her undertakings.

A mole on the right side ofthe upper lip, about a finger's breadth above the mouth, signifies to iman or woman a good fortune and happy marriage ; they will be healthy, careful for the thing: Athis life, and live happy

A mole on either lip proves the person to be fond of delicate things, and much given kJove in which he or she will most commonly be successful.

A mole on the chin indicates that the person will be attended with great prosperity, and be highlyesteemed.

A person having a mole on the right side of the chin, denotes good understanding and inge . jt,and will realise a good fortune. It likewise implies a happy marriage and long life.

A mole on the side ef the neck shows that the person will narrowly escape suffocation, but willafterwards rise to great consideration by an unexpected legacy or inheritance.

A mole on the throat denotes that the person shall become rich by marriage.

A mole on the right shoulder predicts a man to be happy, and fortunate in all his aflkirs and enter-prises. A woman having this mole will be diligent, and help to preserve her husband's estate.

A mole on the left shoulder denotes strength, vigour, and an undaunted courage.

A mole on either arm declares resolutiou and victory in battle.

A mole on the right breast declares the person to be exposed to a sudden reverse of fbrtttme by un-avoidable accidents. * c „.

A mole on the left breast uver the heavt signihes'success in undertakings and an disposition
a mole on the bosom portends mediocity of health and fortune.

A mole on the back declares a contentious and ungovernable spirit.

A mole on either elbow denotes restlessness, a roving and unsteady temper; also a dieoontentedneiswith those which they are obliged to live with.

A mole under the left breast foreshows that a man wiH be of a warm disposition, unsettled in mind, jfond of rambling and light in his conduct. In a lady it shows sinoerity in love,

A mole on the belly shows the person to be addicted to sloth and gluttony, and not v«ry choi*> inpoint of dress.

A mole on either hip shows that the person will have many children, and that they wMl be veryhealthy and possess much patience.

A mole on any part from the shoulders to the loins, is indicative of imperceptible decline and decaywhether of health or fortune.

A mole on the right thigh is an indication of riches, and much happiness in the marriage state.

A mole on the left thigh denotes poverty and want of Mends through the enmity and injustice ofOthers.

A mole on the right knee« shows the person will be fortunate in the choiee of a partner for life, andmeet a few ofthe troubles and misfortunes of this world.

A mole on the left knee portends that the person will be rash, inconsiderate, and hasty, but modestwhen in cool blood.

A mole on either leg shows that the person is indolent, thoughtless, and indifferent as to whatevermay happen,

A mole on either ankle denotes a man to be inclined to efiamaoy and elegance of dress. A lady, tobe courageous,active, and industrious, and a trifle of the termagant.

A mole on either foot forbodes sudden illness or unexpected misfortune, and is in general ntff^ junfortunate.

o en

-!*■>. ■«

' *■- '-■ '■ **■"- -■■■ '-

"THE CATNAOH PREeS,'^

(ESTABLISHED 181S.)

willIIm s. fTrtl i

(Sole Successor to the late J. Catnach,)

ii

4/ */♦ \

AND

WHOLESALE STATIONER,
a & 3, MONMOUTH COURT,

SEVEN DIALS, LONDON, W.C

The Cheapest and Greatest Variety in theTrade of Large Coloured Penny Books; Half-penny Coloured Books; Farthing Books;Penny and Halfpenny Panoramas; SchoolBooks; Penny and Halfpenny Song Books;Memorandum Books; Poetry Cards; Lotteries;Ballads (4,000 sorts) and Hymns; Valentines;Scripture Sheets; Christmas Pieces; TwelfthNight Characters ; Carols ; Book and SheetAlmanacks, Envelopes, Note Paper, &e

W. S. FORTEY begs to inform Ms Friends and the Publicgenerally, that after 19 years service he has succeeded to the businessof his late employers (A. Ryle and Co.), and intends carrying on thegame, trusting that his iong experience will be a recommendation, andthat no exertion shall be wanting on his part to merit a continuanceof those favours thut have been so liberally baetowed on that Esta-blishment during the last 46 years.

^-.i 1869.

J