make a good doctor.

To dream that your teeth fall out is a sign of death in the family.

To dream of a woman's death is a sign of some man's death.

To dream of a man's death is the sign of some woman's death.

If a chicken sings early in the morning a hawk will catch him before
night.

Always plant corn on the waste of the moon in order for it to yield
a good crop. If planted on the growing of the moon there will be more
stalk than corn.

When there is a new moon, hold up anything you want and make a wish
for it and you will get it.

If you hear a voice call you and you are not sure it is really
someone, don't answer because it may be your spirit, and if you answer
it will be a sure sign of death.

Cross eyed women are bad luck to other women, but cross eyed men are
good luck to women and vice-versa for men.

To wear a dime around your ankle will ward off witch craft.

To put a silver dime in your mouth will determine whether or not you
have been bewitched. If the dime turns black, someone has bewitched
you, but if it keeps its color, no one has bewitched you.

To take a strand of a person's hair and nail it in a tree will run
that person crazy.

If a rooster crows on your back steps you may look for a stranger.

Chinaberries are good for wormy children.

The top of a pine tree and the top of a cedar tree placed over a
large coal of fire, just enough to make a good smoke, will cure
chillblain feet.

COMPILATION RICHMOND COUNTY EX-SLAVE INTERVIEWS

MISTREATMENT OF SLAVES

Written by:
Louise Oliphant,
Federal Writers' Project
Augusta, Georgia

Edited by:
John N. Booth,
District Supervisor,
Federal Writers' Project
Augusta, Georgia

There are many ex-slaves living in Richmond County and Augusta who have
vivid recollections of the days when their lives were inseparably bound
to those of their masters. These people have a past rich in tradition
and sentiment, and their memories of customs, habits of work and play,
and the superstitious beliefs, which still govern their actions to a
large extent weave a colorful pattern in local history.

Mistreatment at the hands of their masters and the watchdog overseers is
outstanding in the memory of most of them. "When I was in slavery, us
had what you call good white folk. They warn't rich by no means, but
they was good. Us had rather have 'em poor and good than rich and mean.
Plenty of white f