Mama said that if you sewed on Sunday you would have to pick every stitch out with your nose when you got to heaven. This worried me until I realized I had sewn so much on Sundays that my nose was long gone!
Also "don't split the pole" means that when two are walking together and a column, sign, etc. comes between them it will break the friendship/relationship UNLESS you both say something that goes together like "bacon and eggs" or "salt and pepper."
And finally my favorite library storytelling charm which prevents nightmares. Place the shoes you wore today under the bed side by side, one going forward and the other back. No Nightmares! So many of my students rushed to school to tell me that this worked. LOL!