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his hind legs. “Stockings ” were white-haired legs up to the knee, while in socks the white stopped lower down.
If a lamb’s ears lop over, it is a sign the lamb will die.
It is well for children to remember that if they go out to play on Sunday, the bears will eat them up.
If you don’t do what your mother tells you to, the boogers will get you.
The little fellows used to be greatly frightened when they heard a hound baying in the woods; for they understood that a hound dog liked nothing better than to eat up a small boy when he found one handy.
See two white horses, and then the one’ll come that you want to go with.
Corner a toad, and it will spit poison at you.
Dogs are said to be healthy animals, and cats unhealthy.
To play with and fondle a cat much will give a person poor health.
The child that plays with a cat that is shedding its hair is liable to get the hair into its stomach and be killed by it.
Many believe that cats will cause the death of babies by sucking their breath. The only reason they suggest for the