This one comes to us from Ireland.
It is customary on Halloween Night to go out of your
house carrying one of your shoes.
( the incantation )
I toss this shoe into the air
To see how will my future fare
Will I travel to strange lands
Will fortune come into my hands
Into the air on Hallow's night
My magic shoe will take a flight
O'er rooftop and back to the ground
To see what future's coming round
You say the first half of the incantation while you
concentrate upon the coming year. As you start the
second half, with your receiving hand, toss the shoe
over the roof of your home. Make sure to get it over
the roof, it is considered a very bad omen for the
shoe to land upon the roof.
It is said that if the shoe lands upon the roof, ill
fortune will befall. If it lands upon the ground sole
down good fortune will befall. If it lands with toes
toward the house there will be no travel for the year,
but if it lands with the toes pointing out, you shall
travel in the way which the shoe points.