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 not enter.
_Niagara Falls, Ont._
44. While tying on a baby's cap repeat,--
Look up there and see a fly,
Look down there and see it die.
Its chin will follow the direction indicated, and the tying is hastened.
_Brookline, Mass._
VARIOUS.
45. First a daughter, then a son,
The world is well begun.
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