2866. Crops planted during the first three days of July will be barren.

2867. Do not plant anything on the first three days of

May, which are barren days.

2868. Never thank the giver for seeds if you want them to grow.

2869. Slips from plants should be stolen. Only stolen ones grow.

2870. In sowing grain, if you miss a "land," you will have a death in the family.

2871. Plants must be kept in the bed room at night and in the living room in the daytime.

2872. If a row is missed in planting, there will be a death in the family before the year is out.

2873. In planting, bad luck results if you leave a row unfinished.

2874. It brings bad luck not to plant seed after the soil has been prepared for the planting.

2875. Plant in the morning the seed that matures above the ground..................Western Kentucky

2876. Plant in the afternoon the seed that matures underground ....................Western Kentucky

2877. If while you are working with someone in a garden your hoes strike together, you will hoe together at the same time next year.

2878. If two men at work on two rows strike hoes, one will die within a year.

2879. If you plant beans in the morning, they will come two weeks sooner than if you plant them in the afternoon...................Western Kentucky

2880. If beans are planted in the afternoon, they will drop the bloom.

2881. If while you are picking beans a leaf sticks on your clothes, you will receive news.........Mountains

2882. It brings good luck to plant beans on the one hundredth day of the year...............Mountains

2883. Plant beans on Good Friday.

2884. When apple trees bloom, plant beans.

2885. Put a yarn string over beans, to prevent frost from having effect on them.

2886. If butterbeans grow downward and send roots upward, the planter will die.

2887. You will have good luck if you carry a horse-chestnut.

2888. It is poisonous to eat horse-chestnuts (also called buck-eyes).

2889. If one eats a buck-eye, his head will turn around.

2890. You must eat carrots, in order to become beautiful..................................Mountains

2891. You will have bad luck if you eat celery.

2892. If you find a one-leaved clover, you will get a letter from your sweetheart................Mountains

2893. If you find a two-leaved clover, you will receive a kiss from your sweetheart.

2894. A four-leaved clover brings the finder good luck.

2895. If you find a four-leaved clover, there is always another in its place.............Western Kentucky

2896. If you swallow a four-leaved clover whole, you will get whom you wish to marry.

2897. A five-leaved clover must be passed on to other people. Whoever receives it will have good luck if he does not keep it.

2898. If you find a five-leaved clover, give it away; it will bring good luck to the giver and the receiver.

2899. To find a seven-leaved clover brings bad luck................................Western Kentucky

2900. If locust blooms are heavy, expect a large corn crop.

2901. Plant corn when the dogwood blooms.

2902. When white oak leaves are as big as a squirrel's ear, plant corn.

2903. Plant corn after the woodpecker comes.

2904. Do not plant corn until asparagus tips are high enough above ground to assure a good asparagus crop.

2905. Corn should not be planted on May first, second, or third,- as these are barren days.

2906. It is rotten com that produces the crust of bread.....................................Mountains

2907. If you burn the cobs of your seed corn, you will cause your growing corn to blast......Mountains

2908. If you burn the cobs from seed corn, the fodder will fire the corn........................Mountains

2909. "If it comes, it no comes;

If it no comes, it comes."

The explanation is -

If the crow comes, the corn will not grow.

If the crow does not come, the corn will grow...............................Louisville Negroes

2910. If you miss a row in planting corn, one will die in the family before corn-gathering time.

2911. If when you plant a field of corn you miss a row, there will be a death in the family before planting time again.

2912. When white-oak leaves are as large as squirrel ears, plant corn...........General over United States

2913. If you see grains of com in the road, company will come; if you cover them over, the caller will be a stranger.

2914. In corn-husking, a blue-spotted red ear brings the best luck. It is called in the Kentucky mountains a "skew ball".......................Mountains

2915. If you see a red corn-silk first, you will hear of a wedding before you hear of a death.

2916. If the first corn-silk of the season that you see is white, you will go to a funeral soon.

2917. You will raise one hundred bushels of corn for each white stalk which you find in your field. Mountains

2918. If the first silk that you see on a new ear of corn is white, you will have bad health........Mountains

2919. If you eat corn out of a tomato bowl, you will eat corn cake out of a musk melon the following year.

2920. If a farmer has the brim of his hat turned up in front, he has corn for sale.

2921. If a farmer's hat brim is turned up in the back and down in front, the farmer wishes to buy corn.................................Western Kentucky

2922. You should plant cabbages on the ninth of May..............................Western Kentucky

2923. You must sow cotton seed on the ninth of May......................................Western Kentucky

2924. If you plant cotton among your cucumber plants, insects will not attack your cucumbers.....................................Western Kentucky

2925. Plant cucumbers on the fourth of July.. Blue Grass