Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-01-19

actually true that this last provision Is
believed and actually followed in number
less homes where wealth and culture
abound.
No one ever saw negro meet a corpse.
The most courageous darby will go out Of
his way or turn back on his path rather
than encounter such q calamity. 1t is
said that II you meet q corpse your turn
will come next. II the corpse Is stopped
on the way to the grave another member
Of the family will soon follow.
Kraut must be made in the dark Of the
moon II II is to be sour.
It is the height Of folly to cut childs
fingernails before 1t is a year old, for then
II viii pilfer and steal. The nails must
be broken or bitten of.
Potatoes and all roots must be planted
In the dark Of the moon, when 1t Is de-
creasing or going down In size likewise,
crops that grow above ground must be
planted In the light or increase of the
moon.
Hogs must be butchered when the moon
is increasing, otherwise the meat will
shrivel up and fry away In cooking.
A family must never move except In
the light. or increase, OF the moon. This
will secure prosperity and increase OF
possessions They will grow as the moon
grows. This is another superstition that
is In almost general practice In all classes
Of society.
II child is allowed to look in a mirror
before It is year old teething will be diff
ficult II a coffin containing a corpse be
placed 50 that 1t is reflected in IA mirror
there Will be another death In that family
inside year.
The tying Of a small sack containing
the forefeet of n ground mole assures
full set Of pretty teeth. If in teething the
child's gums are sore 1t may be cured by
rubbing the gums with rabbit brains hot
from the head. Both Of these remedies
are too commonly practiced to excite COM
ment among the people who observe such
things.
To remove a wart from the body steal
a piece OF bacon, rub the wart with IL
and then bury 1t under the caves. Say
nothing about this and the wart will soon
disappear. The writer removed a number
of warts from his own hands when boy
by doing this.
A stray black cat in the backyard fore
tells good luck.
II a woman is making soap and a man
stirs 1t, all will be well and the soap will
be fine, but II a woman comes the soap
will spoil In the making.
II you sing in bed you will cry next day.
II you sing before breakfast you will cry
before night.
II you want a cat TO stay at your home,
rub Its paw on the stove
with cornstalk and bury the latter I'M
der the front step.
If you sleep with your feet toward the
door you viii soon be carried out a corpse.
II an infant is puny and does not grow
satisfactorily it must be measured for
the underground" A pow wow doc
tor, usually woman, will strip the child,
measure 1t with a string the same color
as its hair, say some words" bury the
string In a secret place and repeat the
performance. three times. The child will
get we'll There are dozens of children
In certain Dutch community that were
measured in this way and are now pointed
to as examples and proof Of the efficacy
OF the method.
In setting out fruit trees a woman must
hold the tree while the man sets II and
lamps the dirt about the roots. This
makes II sure bearer. This also is prac-
ticed In numberless communities.
To kill toad viii cause the COW to give
bloody milk.-tS Scientific American.