Proverbs/superstitions.

[Shannon West]

Some Nakota speakers still won't tell stories between the vernal equinox and
the autumnal equinox.  I didn't ever hear why, just that they won't.

Shannon

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> The Catawba traditionally were not supposed to tell stories in
> the summer time or a black snake would lay across their path.
> Telling stories was a winter time activity when all the harvest was in.
> Mothers and young children were also told not to leave the
> children's tracks in the ground at night or the "yeN hasuri" (the
> little wild people) would find them and not let them sleep.  The
> mother would always sweep away all the tracks before retiring at
> night.  It's also a good way to keep the children out of the
> woods where the yeN hasuri dwell.
> Claudia Y.Heinemann-Priest
> Catawba Cultural Preservation Project
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