Fortune Telling Cakes and Bumps

In England Certain symbolic objects are mixed into the birthday cake as it is being prepared. If your piece of cake has a coin in it, then you will be rich.

Also, when its your birthday your friends give you the "bumps".  They lift you in the air by your hands and feet and raise you up and down to the floor, one for each year, one for luck, two for luck and three for the old man's coconut!

Did you know?
Happy birthday to you, the little song was written as a classroom greeting in 1893 by two American teachers, Mildred J. Hill and Dr. Patty Smith Hill.
The melody of the song was composed by Mildred J. Hill, a schoolteacher born in Louisville, on June 27, 1859.  The song was first published in 1893, with the lyrics written by her sister, Patty Smith Hill, as "Good Morning To All".
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