It is lucky to keep a buckeye in the house. It is the sign of bad luck to have a tree in your yard bloom twice in the same season. It is unlucky to have ivy growing in the house. It is very unlucky to have a live-forever vine growing in your yard. Judas hanged himself on a redbud tree.
Lightning strikes the locust more often that any other tree, and the oak tree comes next.
Moss always grows on the north side of a tree. No matter how you plant a tree, it will always bend towards water. Open a persimmon seed and you will find a knife, fork and spoon. Peeling bark in the dark of the moon will kill a tree. Place oats about the roots of a tree that you are planting and it will thrive.