It is believed that a first child born with feet forward can cure backache by kicking the patient in the back, on a crossing.

24thHelped mother bake all the morning, studied in the afternoon, got into a frolic, and went out after dark with G. to shovel snow, and then paddled down to L's with a Christmas-pudding, whereby I got a real backache, legache, neckache, and all-overache, which is just good enough for me.