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.