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   1981 SPARKES 168 A less frequently used form of divination was the baking of a 'dumb cake' on Midsummer Eve. Three girls were necessary to participate and, as the name implies, it was made and eaten in silence... If all had been done properly and in strict silence, they would see in their dreams their future husbands.

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