Tiromancy

Tiromancy

Tiromancy is a form of divination that seeks to know the future by examining how curds form during cheesemaking. Also spelled "tyromancy".

Famous tiromancers include the poet Robert Louis Stevenson and soul singer Aretha Franklin.


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