A Baby should never be left ungaurded, but if it must be left, a person should walk around the cradle with a burning coal or make a circle around the child with a lighted match, because the fairies cannot go beyond a fire-circle.
In sickness turn the patient's bed north and south, the head to the north, and the patient will recover sooner.
The touch of a seventh son's hand will cure a mad dog's bite.
Stick a crooked pin in the coat of a person who is going out to play cards, and that person will be lucky in his play.
For a bleeding wound, say:-
"Blessed be the name of the man, who spear split the heart of the saviour.
Good what came out of the heart,
Blood, wine & clear water.
Father, Son & Holy Ghost come.
Help to stop the flowing blood.
Then pray that the wound may be healed and so it will be