Victorian New Year Fortune Telling
New Year's Eve isn't just a night for partying - it's a night for predicting what the new year will hold. In fact, according to Fontaine's Golden Wheel Dream Book and Fortune Teller book (1862), partying on New Year's Eve is a very ill-omened idea! (I suspect the author was simply the more quiet, contemplative type.) Here's more classic New Year's fortune telling advice from Fontaine's: "The evening which of all others is the most adapted for witchery, is New Year's eve. It i