20. According to one old English tradition, putting bay leaves by the window could help a woman dream of her future husband
In England, the Middle Ages saw the birth of a Valentine’s Day Eve tradition. Women were said to place 5 bay leaves on their pillow before they went to bed. According to the superstitions of the time, any woman who did this the night before the big day would dream of her future husband. The tradition featured in folk songs and poems of the time. However, it died out towards the end of the Middle Ages, replaced with the romantic traditions of the Renaissance and then by more modern customs.
