margaritomancy

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) Divination by pearls.
 * 2) * 1931 Lock tr. de Givry Picture Museum of Sorcery
 * Very curious was margaritomancy, or divination by a pearl. "The pearl is to be enchanted," says de l'Ancre, "and shut in a pot; then if it chance that the name of the thief be pronounced the pearl will leap, striking against the pot."
 * 1) * 1931 Lock tr. de Givry Picture Museum of Sorcery
 * Very curious was margaritomancy, or divination by a pearl. "The pearl is to be enchanted," says de l'Ancre, "and shut in a pot; then if it chance that the name of the thief be pronounced the pearl will leap, striking against the pot."