After the death of a person, if a little ball of feathers were found in his pillow it meant that he was a child of God and that he had gone to rest in heaven. Another belief was that when someone died of murder or suicide and spilled blood on the floor that no matter how many times the site was scrubbed, the stains would always appear when the weather was damp or the floor was wet. Marriage was a big topic of young ladies. One way to tell was to have her go to the well with a mirror on the first day of May, bend over backwards, and look into the well with the mirror to see the reflection of the man she was to marry. Another way was to place a jar of fresh water on the hearth, lay down on a pallet, and inside the jar her future husband could be seen.
Many adages existd to determine when to do chores and several other trivial events.
For example, the phases of the moon dictated when to cut wood. If wood was cut on the light phases of the moon it would burn very well. If it was cut on the dark phases it would not split properly nor burn well. Many people would not get their teeth pulled until the moon was right, because some believed that they would bleed less than normal during certain phases of the moon. Several farmers thought it was bad luck to start a field on Friday.