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.
First a son, then a daughter,
Trouble follows after.
Maine and Massachusetts.
46. First a son, then a daughter,
You’ve begun just as you oughter.
Brookline, Mass.
47. Rock a cradle empty,
Babies will be plenty.
Peabody, Mass.