A son will be sired by the man whose wife's hips fill out first. A wife impregnated in the full moon means that her husband will father a son. A woman whose right ovary has been excised can have females only. A woman with child will be delivered of a son, if she is large in the waist. Babies begotten in the light of the moon are always girls.
Boys are had more frequently by youthful than elderly parents.
For a woman to carry a child all the way around, it means a daughter. If a pregnant woman smokes she will have a son. If a woman carrying a baby feels considerable movement within, a boy will be born. If a woman during gestation wants a boy, she must make a wish to that effect while looking at her husband. If a woman is fertilized within several days following menstruation, she will have a boy.