ng the baby must step up on a chair or book with the baby in
her arms.
_North Carolina._

24. Let the baby have or touch the thing he starts after on taking the
first step, and he will always get what he wishes. If it be the moon,
then let him touch something light, on which its light shines.

25. When taking the child into your arms for the first time, make a good
wish for him; if you give him his full name and he opens his eyes and
looks at you (answers to his name), it is good luck.

26. To be a bright baby, it must fall out of the crib before it is eleven
months old.
_Brookline, Mass._

27. If a baby does not fall out of bed, it will be a fool.
_Eastern Massachusetts._

28. A child's tumbling out of bed is a sign he will never be a fool.
_Maine._

29. To drink water out of a bucket which is being carried on a child's
head stops its growth.
_Virginia._

30. To step over a young child stops its growing.
_Virginia._

31. About 1860 the Alabama negresses believed that if any one stepped on
their pickaninnies it would dwarf them.

32. Pass a baby through a window and it will never grow.
_South Carolina._

33. Do not go for the first time into the room where the infant is
without removing the veil and gloves.

34. If the "cradle cap" of a baby be combed with a (fine?) tooth comb,
the child will be blind.
_Labrador._

35. A baby should not look into a glass before it is a year old; if it
does it will die.
_Deer Isle, Me._

36. Hold a baby to a looking-glass, he will die before he completes his
first year.
_Massachusetts._

37. If you let a child look into a looking-glass before it is a year old,
it will cut its teeth hard.
_Baltimore, Md. (negro), and Virginia._

38. It is bad luck not to weigh the baby before it is dressed. When it is
first dressed put the clothes on over the feet instead of the head for
good luck.

39. The common nurse has an objection to weighing a new-born baby.

40. Always give a baby salt before it tastes aught else. The child will
not choke, and in general it is a good thing to do.
_Mansfield, O._

FIRST ACTIONS.

41. If a child cries at birth and lifts up one hand, he is born to
command.

42. If the baby smiles in its sleep, it is talking with angels.

43. If a baby yawns, the sign of the cross should be made over it that
the evil spirit may no