Never kill a frog or toad near milking time, or your cows will give bloody milk. Never kill a snake that has sucked a cow, or the cow will go dry. Never pick up a snake skin that you see during the spring, or you will have a lot of trouble. Poisonous snakes are born alive, non-poisonous snakes are hatched from eggs. Put a horsehair inside a bottle of water and it will eventually turn into a snake.
Snakes are awake in the spring when they hear the first thunder.
Snakes are fond of cow's milk. Snakes will not enter a garden where gourds are growing. The croaking of a frog at midnight on a battlefield will be followed by a battle within three days. The last part of a snake to die is its tail. Throw a toad into a pond and bloody milk will be given by your cows.