If you find a pin with the point turned toward you, make a wish before picking it up.
If you find a pin pointing toward you, pick it up and stick it into your clothes upside down. Make a wish and leave the pin in the garment for at least twenty-four hours.
If you find a pin, pin it at the left shoulder of your clothes and make a wish. The wish will come true when the pin comes out.
If you are pricked by a pin that is in your clothing, take it out, make a wish, and put the pin back in.
Should you find a straight-pin outdoors, stick it in any tree and make a wish. Go back the next day. If the pin is still there, your wish will come true. Remove the pin and take it home with you.
Should you come across a straight pin outdoors, stick it into the nearest tree and make a wish. Check it seven days later (the same day of the following week). If the pin is still there, your wish will come true.