North Carolina

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• #23

  The first time a baby is taken out of its room, it must be taken up, or it will not go to heaven. If the door of the room steps down, then the person carrying the baby must step up on a chair or book with the baby in her arms.

  North Carolina.
• #55

  A baby’s nails must not be cut with scissors before it is a year old; it will make it steal.

  North Carolina.
• #1114

  Set out cabbages in the new of the moon to make them head up well, and gather apples in the new of the moon to make them keep well. Plant potatoes in the old of the moon.

  Mitchell Co., N. C.
• #1175

  If a clock, long motionless, suddenly begins to tick or strike, it is a sign of approaching death or misfortune.

  Newark, N. J., Virginia, and North Carolina.
• #1404

  If a man is insulted and means to be revenged, he will bare his arm and cut a cross in it with his knife, called a “vengeance mark.”

  Mountains of North Carolina.