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WHEN A PREGNANT WOMAN IS NOT LOOKING, SPRINKLE SOME
SALT IN HER HAIR. IT WILL CAUSE HER TO ITCH HER CHIN OR
NOSE. IF SHE ITCHES HER CHIN, THE BABY WILL BE A GIRL.
IF SHE ITCHES HER NOSE, THE BABY WILL BE A BOY.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS A FAVORITE SYRIAN BELIEF IN
PREDICTING THE SEX OF AN UNBORN CHILD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA

Keyword(s): SCRATCH

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Use of object for determining number of children or sex of unborn P863.1

Date learned: 03-11-1972

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Q:HOW DOES A POLE SCRATCH HIS ELBOW?
A: (NON-VERBAL)-SCRATCH TABLE AND PLACE ELBOW ON PART OF TABLE SCRATCHED.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Snyder, Cathe

Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; POLISH ; SCRATCH

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question
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Date learned: 03-00-1972

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