f a person's head and put it in a live fishes
mouth will make the person keep traveling as long as the fish
swims.

If someone dies and comes back to worry you, nail some new lumber into
your house and you won't be bothered any more.

When the hands of a dead person remain limp, some other member of the
family will soon follow him in death.

When a spider builds a web in your house, you may expect a visitor the
same color as the spider.

A singing fire is a sign of snow.

If a cat takes up at your house it's a sign of good luck; a dog--bad
luck.

If a spark of fire pops on you, it is a sign that you will receive
some money or a letter.

To dream of muddy water, maggots, or fresh meat is a sign of death.
To dream of caskets is also a sign of death. You may expect to hear
of as many deaths as there are caskets in the dream.

To dream of blood is a sign of trouble.

To dream of fish is a sign of motherhood.

To dream of eggs is a sign of trouble unless the eggs are broken. If
the eggs are broken, your trouble is ended.

To dream of snakes is a sign of enemies. If you kill the snakes, you
have conquered your enemies.

To dream of fire is a sign of danger.

To dream of a funeral is a sign of a wedding.

To dream of a wedding is a sign of a funeral.

To dream of silver money is a sign of bad luck; bills--good luck.

To dream of dead folk is a sign of rain.

Wear a raw cotton string tied in nine knots around your waist to cure
cramps.

To stop nosebleed or hiccoughs cross two straws on top of your head.

Lick the back of your hand and swallow nine times without stopping to
cure hiccoughs.

Tea made from rue is good for stomach worms.

Corn shuck tea is good for measles; fodder tea for asthma.

Goldenrod tea is good for chills and fever.

Richet weed tea is good for a laxative.

Tea made from parched egg shells or green coffee is good for
leucorrhoea.

Black snuff, alum, a piece of camphor, and red vaseline mixed together
is a sure cure for piles.

To rid yourself of a corn, grease it with a mixture of castor oil and
kerosine and then soak the foot in warm water.

Sulphur mixed with lard is good for bad blood.

A cloth heated in melted tallow will give relief when applied to a
pain in any part of the body.

Take a pinch of sulphur in the mouth and drink water behind it to
cleanse the blood.

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