Now, it is common for people in western or eastern countries to make birthday wishes as a custom. No matter, it will come to be true or not, we all make good wishes in our birthday as a good start for the coming year.
In England and Europe there are a number of special wells called wishing wells. Some people think that if you throw a coin into the water and make a wish, the wish will come true later. Also in England there are other wishing custom that take place at Christmas and on birthdays.
At Christmas people like to eat turkey and somewhere inside turkey there is a special bone, shaped like the "Y". It is called the wish bone. The person who finds this bone is though to be rather lucky. He invites someone else to break the bone with him. Each person holds one arm of the bone with his little finger and pulls. When the bone breaks the person who has the larger part makes a secret wish which is certain to come true within a year.
On your birthday you are given a large cake with small candles pushed into the top. There is one candle for each year you have lived. if you are fifteen you will have fifteen candles, and if you are sixty you will have so many candles that you will not be able to see the cake!
Before the cake is cut, all the candles are lit. You friends and family stand around and sing "Happy Birthday to You" and you shut your eyes, make a wish and blow out all the candles, your wish will come true.
Do these customs work? There is an old English saying "if wishes were horses, beggars would ride." this saying tells you that you should not waste time wishing for things you can not possibly have. It will not bring you any blessing!
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