10. Or else go into the garden when no one is looking, shake a young
fruit tree and return to the house without looking back; the fever will
then have passed into the tree.
11. Any article purposely dropped on the ground when out walking will
convey the fever to whoever finds it. This method is, however, to be
distrusted (we are told by village authorities), for the finder may
avert the illness by thrice spitting on the thing in question. Spitting
on all and every occasion is in general very efficacious for averting
spells and other evils.
12. A hailstorm may sometimes be stopped by a knife stuck into the
ground in front of the house.
13. A new servant must be allowed to eat freely the first day he or she
enters service, otherwise their hunger will never be stilled.