A trick consisting of the ace, two, three, and four of the same suit is a “wish trick,” and the first person who slaps his / her hand down on the cards gets to make a wish. (If the king, five, six, and seven are played on the NEXT trick, it’s a “double wish trick” and you get to make TWO wishes, although this has only happened once.)
“I can call spirits from the vasty deep.”
“Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them?”
Making a wish upon tasting the first apple cider, the first sweet corn, the first whatever kind of seasonable produce of whichever season…this was an old Ukulele Family Tradition. Anyone else do this?