Shhh! It's figured by the ancient voodoo ritual of rolling the bones.
According to witchcraft, a little bundle of claws, teeth, and bones can be scattered to read events of the past, present, and future.
If you've heard of the slight variation in phrase which goes "rolling the bones," you may instead associate the items tossed with dice and not perceive anything divinatory, but rather a game of chance played for money, like craps.
However, the two phrases are very closely related.
Both rely on fate to reveal an outcome, for example. The "bones" of the dice phrase is not metaphorical, either, as dice were frequently carved from bone until the twentieth century presented cheaper alternatives like plastic. The ankle-bones of sheep have a naturally dice-like shape, and were frequently used as substitute dice in medieval times. Likewise, dominoes were once carved from bones and can also be used for both gambling and fortune-telling purposes.
One of the finest books on the use of bones in divination is "Throwing the Bones" by Cat Yronwode.
Using bones for divination is a very old practice—it almost certainly was done in Ancient Greece and Rome, and may have been done even in Ancient Egypt. The "casting lots" found in the Bible (as in Psalm 22) would likely have been done with bone dice or something similar.
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