4. Whoever enters a strange house should sit down, were it only for a
second, otherwise he will deprive the inhabitants of their sleep.
5. Whoever has been robbed of anything and wants to discover the thief,
must select a black hen, and for nine consecutive Fridays must, as well
as the hen, abstain from all food. The thief will then either die or
bring back the stolen goods. (This is called taking up the black fast
against a person.)
6. It is not good to point with the finger at an approaching
thunderstorm; likewise, whoever stands over-long gazing at the summer
lightning will go mad.
7. A person ill with the fever should be covered up with nine articles
of clothing, each of a different colour and material: he will then
recover.
8. Another way to get rid of the fever is to go into an inn or
public-house, and after having drunk a glass of wine to go out again
without speaking or paying, but leaving behind some article of clothing
which is of greater value than the wine drunk.