1. Tying a frog around a child’s neck makes the child teethe easier.

2. Wearing a horseshoe nail ring prevents rheumatism.

3. Swallowing three buckshot a day for three days prevents measles.

4. Swallowing three live minnows prevents whooping cough.

5. A sore throat or chest can be treated by blistering the outside surface to "draw the fever out."

6. If you let someone sweep in front of you, you won’t be married.

7. If you shiver without cause then someone is walking over your grave.

8. If you dream of crossing muddy water someone in the family will soon die.

9. If you kill a toad, your cow will go dry.

10. Warts are caused by touching frogs but can be cured by soaking three times in "stump water."

11. If a turtle or crawfish bites you it won’t let go until it thunders.

12. You can prevent lightning from striking you by sitting on a feather bed.

13. If a child has chickenpox, sit them in front of the chickenhouse and scare a chicken over them; the chickenpox will dry up.

14. If a child is constipated, rub castor oil on their stomach.

15. To prevent sickness from those who are sick, put an Asafetida ball around your neck.

16. If you let a thousand legged worm see your teeth, they'll rot out.

17. Rub turpentine on a splinter and it will come out.

18. Make a plant potus to cure swelling.

19. Tie a bag with Sow bugs in it around your neck to ward off chest infections.

20. Find a smooth rock and rub over warts then bury it in a secret place, this must be done during a full moon.

21. If your right foot itches you will walk on strange ground, if left foot itches then ground you have traveled before.

22. If palm of right hand itches then you will receive money, if palm of left hand then you will have unexpected expenses to pay.

23. If you jump in your sleep a rabbit has just ran across your grave.

24. If you do laundry on the last Friday of the year, you will wash for the dead before the new year ends.