Onions also provided romantic advice for the love-lorn. A woman trying to choose between lovers would carve their names on separate onions. The first to sprout would reveal which of her suitors was most worthy of her affection.
Cromniomancy divines the future through the color, smell, direction or form of onion sprouts. Winter weather might be predicted by the thickness of the skin. The answers to any question could be sought by inscribing yes and no on two separate onions and planting them to see which sprouted first.
Place onions on an altar to learn about friends and family who are far away and out of contact. Inscribe their names on individual onions and leave undisturbed until they began to sprout. The faster they sprout, the better health and happiness is being enjoyed by the friend named on the onion.