Dip the hands and feet of a newborn baby into cold water and they will never become cold. Do not clip a baby's finger-nails during the first year, because you will make it a thief. Do not place a recently born baby on a table, for it will have bad luck. Dress the baby in its best clothes on the first three Sundays of its life so that it will always wear its clothes well and appear stylish. During the first year always put a baby down on its right side to make it right-handed.
Every child has a guardian angel that protects it from harm.
If a baby is unable to sleep, give it tea made from caraway seed. If a baby is ticklish on the soles of its feet, it will become a roamer. If a baby slobbers, take a live minnow and draw it back and forth three times through its mouth, then throw the minnow into a stream where it will carry the baby's slobber away. If a baby's navel will not heal, dust it with powder secured by pulverizing a mud dauber's nest. If a child is born blind, the mother can make it see by squeezing some of her milk into its eyes.