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BIRTH BELIEF
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN BECOMES FAT ALL OVER, SHE WILL HAVE A
GIRL. IF SHE BECOMES FAT SLIGHTLY, SHE WILL HAVE A BOY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
SEX OF UNBORN CHILD
IF YOU EAT TWIN BANANAS YOU WILL HAVE TWIN BABIES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1.2 BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
HEARTBURN IN PREGNANCY
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN GETS HEARTBURN, HER CHILD WILL BE BORN
WITH A LOT OF HAIR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND SHE HEARD WHEN A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
INFORMANT HAS HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM HER PATIENTS, POOR BLACK
WOMEN, THAT A PREGNANT WOMAN MUST NOT RAISE HER HANDS ABOVE HER
HEAD OR SHE WILL STRANGLE HER UNBORN BABY.
Submitter comment:
THERE IS, OF COURSE, NO MEDICAL TRUTH IN THIS, BUT IT IS WIDELY
BELIEVED.
INFORMANT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREGNANCY BELIEF
INFORMANT HAS BEEN TOLD SEVERAL TIMES BY HER PATIENTS, MOSTLY
POOR BLACK GHETTO RESIDENTS, THAT A BABY WILL LOOK
LIKE THE PERSON THE PREGNANT WOMAN HATES THE MOST. A POSSIBLE
PARTIAL EXPLANATION OF THIS IS THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF DESERTED MOTHERS,
HATING THE LOST FATHER, OR LOVERS, SEE A RESEMBLANCE IN THE CHILD TO THE FATHER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BIRTH BELIEF
IF A WOMAN CARRIES A BABY OUT FRONT IN HER STOMACH, IT IS A BOY.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS RELATED TO HER BY HER MOTHER WHO EXPERIENCED MANY CASES
THAT HAS PROVEN THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
BIRTH BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN WHO IS CARRYING AN ACTIVE CHILD, IS GOING
TO HAVE A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO HER BY HER PARENTS, WHO ACTUALLY BELEIVES THIS
FROM PAST EXPERIENCES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
BIRTH BELIEF
IF A WOMAN CARRIES A BABY IN HER HIP, IT IS A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BELIEF THAT WAS TOLD HER BY HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
THE PEOPLE IN INDIA ADVISE THE WOMAN WHO IS PREGNANT NOT TO
LOOK AT AN UGLY PICTURE OF ANYTHING, OR THE BABY WILL BE UGLY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
FOOD TABOO
IF A PERSON WERE PREGNANT THEN SHE CANNOT EAT MUSTARD GREENS
OR DRINK BUTTERMILK.
Submitter comment:
WHEN I ASKED INFORMANT WHY THIS WAS THE CASE, SHE THOUGHT
MUSTARD GREENS AND BUTTERMILK CAUSE GAS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
WOMAN BELIEF
IN INDIA, IF A PREGNANT WOMAN SEES AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON
SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN TO HER BABY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD FROM EXPERIENCE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.6 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
WOMAN BELIEF
IN INDIA IF A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, SHE SHOULD NOT DO ANY DESTRUCTIVE
WORK, IT WILL DESTROY THE BABY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT, THIS WOMAN SHOULD NOT WEAR A NECKLACE
OR SHE WILL BE CHOKING THE BABY B Y WEARING IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-07-1971
LYDIE PINKHAM
LYDIE PINKHAM USED TO BE SOLD IN STORES. IT WAS A REMEDY FOR THOSE
PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT HAVING LUCK IN HAVING BABIES-IF
YOU TOOK IT YOU WOULD BE SURE TO HAVE A BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): LYDIA PINKHAM WAS A POPULAR NON-PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
EXPECTANT MOTHERS
JEWISH MOTHERS BELIEVE THAT IT IS BAD LUCK TO GIVE A BABY
A SHOWER BEFORE IT IS BORN, THE SAME IS TRUE WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FATHER DID THIS FOR HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): SEMITISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
SUPERSTITION
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE A PREGNANT WOMAN IN YOUR WEDDING PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
CONTRACEPTION BELIEF
ONE OF THE INFORMANT'S PATIENTS, A POOR SOUTHERN BLACK WOMAN,
LIVING NOW IN THE INNER CITY OF DETROIT, TOLD HER OF A
CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD COMPOSED OF GROUND GINGER WHICH YOU MUST GRIND
YOURSELF, AND VASELINE RUBBED GENEROUSLY WITHIN THE WOMAN.
Submitter comment:
SHE WAS FROM ALABAMA AND ALREADY HAD SIX CHILDREN.
INFORMANT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREGNANCY BELIEF
INFORMANT HAS REPEATEDLY HEARD THAT BATHING IN PREGNANCY CAUSES THE
BABY TO DROWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BIRTH BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN WHO IS CARRYING AN ACTIVE CHILD IS USUALLY
CARRYING A BOY.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HER MOTHER, SHE ACTUALLY
BELIEVES THIS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; PASSIVE GIRLS?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
BELIEF
A MOTHER LOSES A TOOTH FOR EVERY CHILD SHE BEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-04-1970