Arkansas

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• #1113

  Horses will be cured of any one of several diseases if you will insert a bit of silver—a dime is the favorite coin—in the part affected; but it is imperative that you do this by the “light of the moon.”

  Clover Bend, Ark.
• #1129

  You must never kill cattle or pigs, or even wild game, by the “dark of the moon;” it is most unlucky, and the meat will come to no good.

  Clover Bend, Ark.
• #1272

  It is unlucky to turn back after starting to go anywhere. To avert misfortune after turning back, make the sign of the cross in the dust with the heel, and spit in the cross.

  Arkansas (negro), and Kentucky.