Bizzare superstitious beliefs.

• Seeing an ambulance is very unlucky unless you pinch your nose or hold your breath until you see a black or a brown dog.
• Think of five or six names of boys or girls you might marry, As you twist the stem of an apple, recite the names until the stem comes off. You will marry the person whose name you were saying when the stem fell off.
• To predict the sex of a baby: Suspend a wedding band held by a piece of thread over the palm of the pregnant girl. If the ring swings in an oval or circular motion the baby will be a girl. If the ring swings in a straight line the baby will be a boy.
• Keep cats away from babies because they "suck the breath" of the child.