POLISHING NAILS
On the evening before the May 5th, women and children often picked leaves to polish nails. The leaves were crushed, added a few drops of lemon, mixed well and then covered to the nails and toes, except the index finger; usedcoral or loofah leaves to wrap nails steadily to stay overnight; in the next morning, opening the wrap and the nails were bright red.
PASSING DISEASES TO TREES
In folklore in some areas, at the right time of noon of Doan Ngo festival, people do some tips to prevent and treat diseases such as: taking off the clothes and rubbing the back to banana tree to stop prickly heat; the women wrapping rope around the tree to stop back pain; at right noon, facing up to sky or swallowing sesame flowers to avoid eye diseases…
PROTESTING PLANTS
According to folklore, if in the garden there are trees planted for many years but not yet yielded or very little yielded, at Doan Ngo festival, these trees will be protested, usually jackfruit, rose apple... To do this custom, there is one or two people, mostly children. The surveyor use a pestle, a knife or a stick to hit the trunk, stump and threaten to cut down the tree. The other playsthe role of tree and begs not to cut down and promises to bear fruits next year.