Take an apple and peel it without allowing the peel to break. Holding the peel in your right hand and say: "Saint Simon and Saint Jude, on you I intrude, with this paring to discover, the first letter of my own true lover." Turn around 3 times in a counterclockwise direction before throwing the peel over your left shoulder. The peel is said to fall in the shape of your future lover’s initial.
Another custom is to hang the peel inside a door. First person who enters will bear the same initial as your future partner.
Another method, take an apple seed and give it the name of your lover. Place it in the embers of a fire. If it pops, the person loves you. If not, true love is absent.
To see if a couple marry place 2 apple seeds together in the embers of a fire. Both seed shoot off in same direction, a marriage will take place. If the seeds part company, so will the couple. Both seeds burn in silence, a proposal will never be heard.
To find a length of red ribbon, red lace, red cord, or red wool is an omen of luck in love. Pick up if found and make a wish regarding the one you love. If no one special in mind, it signified new love coming kept as love amulet.