As well as believing that the children who ride on the centipede can become healthy, intelligent and safe from harm, people also think that if the centipede steps over a person's body, it will drive away ill fortune and keep evil at bay.
除了相信坐在蜈蚣陣上的孩子可以得到健康、平安和智慧；民間也認為讓蜈蚣自身上跨過，可以去除厄運、得保平安。