This section is from the book "Kentucky Superstitions", by Daniel Lindsey Thomas, Lucy Blayney Thomas. Also available from Amazon: Kentucky Superstitions.
106. To find which way the cows have gone, catch a daddy-long-legs by the hind legs, and he will point with one of his front legs.
107. Count a hundred stars without repetition; then you will find something lost.
108. If you secretly bury a marble and go back in three days, all the marbles that you have ever lost will be there............................Blue Grass
109. Find a marble or other lost article by throwing another one and watching where it goes.
110. In order to find anything lost, shut your eyes and turn around several times. Then throw something at random. The way it goes is the way toward the lost article.........................Blue Grass
111. To find a lost article, spit into your hand, strike the saliva with your other hand, and watch the direction of the splash.
112. If you have lost a ball, spit into the palm of your hand and say, "Spit, spat, where is the ball at?"
While you are repeating these words, take the other hand with two fingers and strike the saliva.
It will fly in the direction of the ball.........................................Central Kentucky
113. If a person loses a needle and someone else asks if there was a thread in it, the loser of the needle will find it.................North-eastern Kentucky
114. If you lose anything, you will find it seven days later at the same time that you lost it, provided you do not look before.....................Blue Grass
115. Shut your eyes and throw a piece of gravel. After a week, try to find it. If you succeed, you will have good luck.
116. To find a ring that has been lost, carry a peach switch gripped tightly. It will turn down when you reach the place where the ring is lost.
117. To find gold that is lost, place a dime in the end of a forked cherry or peach switch and proceed as in the last given superstition.
118. You may recover lost money by kissing a negro.
119. If you find that you are lost, go in the opposite direction, and you will come to your destination.
120. If you are lost, throw a knife over your back. The way the blade points is the way to take.
 
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