In parts of the Northeast, folk believed disease could be cured by placing 2 live doves on a high cliff “atween the sin an sky” at sunrise. Before that though, you had to split them down the breast and wear them as slippers for a whole day.

In parts of the Northeast, folk believed disease could be cured by placing 2 live doves on a high cliff “atween the sin an sky” at sunrise. Before that though, you had to split them down the breast and wear them as slippers for a whole day.