Proverbs/superstitions.

[claudiap at ccppcrafts.com]

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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