It is Fady for strangers to refuse hospitality

If you sing while eating your teeth will grow long

If you eat while lying down your parents will choke you

Babies born on an evil day are killed to preempt their evil destiny. Their remains are not buried in the family tombs but are thrown in the forest and usually fed to crocodiles.

*In some regions* planting trees is forbidden and punishable by death

Eating geese is forbidden in the village of Ambohimanga (a holy place in Madagascar) because geese once warned villagers of an attacking band of thieves

It is fady for anyone in the Adranoro tribe to utter the word "salt". It must be referred to as "that which flavors the food."

In the Imerina tribe, people must place an egg on the ground before handing it to anyone.

The Benanozano people must not hunt lemur because this animal once saved some locals from falling from a tree.

It is fady for the Antaisaka people to sleep in a bed facing north

Picking the red poppy in the month of March is considered bad luck and will bring one year of famine to the household.

The Benanozano people believe they must throw dried beans at newlyweds or else they are doomed to die apart from each other.

In Madagascar it is fady to step on the seams between stones on a path.

It is fady to wear anything on your head on a Sunday