another old Vermont story is that snakes shed their skin when changing into something else. No one was ever able to tell me what however. you hear lots of interesting things listening to ancient old time Vermonters...

another one is that water moccasins hunt swimmers.

another is snakes in the barn will keep away illness.

another is that snakes suck eggs and that is why some birds kill them.

That is all the strange old sayings/stories about them I remember right now.