13. If a person when rising throw down his chair, he is considered guilty of untruth.
14. A potato begged or stolen is a preservative against rheumatism. Chestnuts have the same efficacy.
15. The Nymphæa, or water-lily, whose broad leaves, and clear white or yellow cups, float upon the water, was esteemed by the old Frisians to have a magical power. "I remember, when a boy," says Dr. Halbertsma, "that we were extremely careful in plucking and handling them; for if any one fell with such a flower in his possession, he became immediately subject to fits."
16. One of my friends cut himself. A manservant being present secured the knife hastily, anointed it with oil, and putting it into the drawer, besought the patient not to touch it for some days. Whether the cure was effected by this sympathetic means, I can't affirm; but cured it was: so, don't be alarmed.
17. If you feel on a sudden a shivering sensation in your back, there is somebody walking over your future grave.
18. A person speaking by himself will die a violent death.
19. Don't go under a ladder, for if you do you will be hanged.
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