The crommyomancy, it is divination by onions. We take two, we write “yes” on one, and “no” on the other. We ask them a closed question. We put the onions away. And the first to germinate gives the answer.
THE’aspergomancy, as its name suggests, is done with asparagus. The only aspergomancer in the world, the English Jemima packington, throws asparagus in the air and once they have fallen to the ground, she interprets the patterns they form as if they were old Viking runes. Thanks to her asparagus, she predicted Brexit, the election of Trump and Macron.
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