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.