The Wishing Project

Wishing Traditions Around the World

 

Eyelash


If an eyelash accidentally falls out, you can make a wish on it. (It won't work if you pull one out.) Put the eyelash on the back of your hand, close your eyes, and blow gently while you make a wish. Open your eyes. If the eyelash has blown off your hand, your wish will come true. (Your wish won't come true if you overdo the blowing.)


Put an accidentally fallen eyelash on the back of your left hand as you make your wish. Then, placing your left palm over the back of your right hand, hit your left palm with your right hand-three hard blows, with your eyes closed. If the eyelash is still there when you open your eyes, the wish won't come true. But, if one of the blows has knocked it off, the lash has gone to fulfill your wish.


If you or a friend accidentally loses an eyelash, press the eyelash between your thumb and your friend's thumb. Both of you make a wish. Separate your thumbs. The person whose thumb the eyelash sticks to will get his or her wish. If the eyelash falls to the ground without sticking to either thumb, neither of you will get your wish.


 
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