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PRENATAL SUPERSTITION
MY WIFE HAS A PATTERN OF BIRTH MARKS ON HER SHOULDER
WHICH ENCOMPASS AN AREA OF ABOUT A SQUARE INCH. THE
MARKS SEEM TO DEPICT NO PARTICULAR PATTERN, BUT I WAS
INFORMED BY MY MOTHER-IN-LAW THAT THE PATTERN IS THAT
OF A CHICKEN WHICH IT MAY WELL BE. IT SEEMED THAT
WHEN MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS CARRYING MY WIFE, SHE
VISITED A FARM OF SOME FRIENDS. DURING THE COURSE
OF THE VISIT, SHE WENT IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER-IN-LAW.
STEPPING THROUGH A DOORWAY IN A SECTION OF THE BARN,
SHE UNWITTINGLY ENTERED THE CHICKEN-COUP. APPARENTLY
HER ARRIVAL SO DISTURBED THE CHICKENS THAT THEY BECAME
AROUSED. SHE CLAIMED SHE WAS ACTUALLY ATTACKED BY
SEVERAL OF THEM AND IT WAS ONLY WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY
THAT SHE ESCAPED UNHARMED. FOUR MONTHS LATER, MY
WIFE WAS BORN AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS NOT IN THE
LEAST SURPRISED TO SEE THE MARK OF THE CHICKENS UPON
HER SHOULDER. AS I SAID, IT MIGHT WELL BE THE MARK
OF A CHICKEN, ALTHOUGH WITHOUT PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE,
IT MAY TAKE ANY FORM ONE WISHES TO SEE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
EXPECTANT MOTHERS
TO HASTEN CHILDBIRTH, SEVERAL PEOPLE GATHER IN THE
MOTHER'S ROOM AND OPEN AND CLOSE THE BREECH OF A GUN.
THEY MAY EVEN SHOOT THE GUN OFF IN THE ROOM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
THE UMBILICAL CORD: A KNOTTY PROBLEM
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT, NEVER HOLD YOUR ARMS ABOVE YOUR
HEAD OR YOUR BABY WILL HAVE THE CORD WRAPPED AROUND
HIS NECK.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HER FRIEND, RUTH CLENDENEN
OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. MRS. WELLS, THEN PREGNANT, WAS
LIFTING UP HER ARMS. SHE ADDED TO ME THAT HER CHILD
WAS BORN WITH THE CORD TWISTED AROUND HIS NECK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
DETERMINING SEX OF UNBORN CHILD
IF THE HEARTBEAT OF THE UNBORN CHILD IS FAST, IT
IS SAID TO BE A BOY; IF THE HEARTBEAT IS SLOW, IT
IS SAID TO BE A GIRL.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT REMEMBERED.
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
BIRTH
ON THE NINTH DAY AFTER A BABY WAS BORN, THE MOTHER
HAD TO LIE PERFECTLY STILL. THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LET
HER HAVE A PILLOW UNDER HER HEAD. BECAUSE THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE THE DAY WHEN ALL HER FEMALE ORGANS
GO BACK INTO PLACE. BUT NOT (NOW) THEY GET A
MOTHER UP RIGHT AWAY!
Submitter comment:
LEARNED THIS AT HOME IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO, BUT
DOESN'T BELIEVE IN IT TODAY.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
PREGNANT WOMEN
DON'T HAVE INTERCOURSE AFTER SEVEN MONTHS OF PREGNANCY;
YOU'LL GIVE BIRTH TO A DEFORMED CHILD.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER AND RELATIVES (SOURCE)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
PREGNANT WOMEN
DON'T REACH WHEN YOU'RE PREGNANT YOU'L;L STRANGLE YOUR
BABY.
Submitter comment: (LEARNED FROM) HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
PREGNANCY CAUSE
DON'T LEAVE YOUR BABY'S WET DIAPER ON MY BED, OR
I'LL GET PREGNANT AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME BY MRS. VORNDAM LAST CHRISTMAS, WHEN I
WAS VISITING HER HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-25-1966
STUDENT LORE
HAVING WORKED AT A PAROCHIAL SCHOOL, I HAVE BEEN IN
CONTACT WITH THE CLERGY MANY TIMES. ONE NIGHT AFTER
A PARTICULARLY FESTIVE OCCASION, I WAS SPEAKING TO A
PRIEST ABOUT THE PROBLEMS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HAVING
ETC. HE REMARKED THAT THEY ARE VERY ADAPTIBLE TO
CHANGE. EVENTUALLY, HE EXPLAINED AT LEAST TWO METHODS
OF ARTIFICIAL CONTRACEPTION WHICH TEENAGERS EMPLOY:
1. THE BOYS WRAP THEIR PENIS WITH A COMMERCIAL
PRODUCT, SARAN WRAP, A METHOD BOTH POPULAR AND EFFECTIVE.
2. THE GIRLS, IF THE BOY HAS NO SARAN WRAP, DOUCHE
BY SHAKING A COKE BOTTLE VIGOROUSLY AND INSERTING IT
INTO THE VAGINA AFTER INTERCOURSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity BELIEF -- Birth |
PREGNANCY SUPERSTITION
A PREGNANT WOMAN MUST EAT FOR TWO.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
A MOTHER MUST LOSE A TOOTH FOR EACH CHILD SHE BRINGS
INTO THIS WORLD.
BABIES BORN TO PARENTS OF MATURE YEARS, ARE MORE
LIKELY TO HAVE BRILLIANT MINDS.
Submitter comment: FROM NEIGHBOR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
MARY WENT INTO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. HE EXAMINED HER
AND ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE THE MOTHER OF
TWINS. MARY ONLY LAUGHED -- SHE KNEW SHE DID IT ONLY
ONCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREGNANT WOMAN
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN FELL DOWN THE STEPS, SHE'D
HAVE A MISCARRIAGE.
Submitter comment: COMMON BELIEF, PERHAPS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
A LUCKY CHILD
THE SEVENTH SON OR DAUGHTER BORN IN A ROW IS
SUPPOSED TO BE BLESSED WITH A SPECIAL SUPERNATURAL
POWER.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM MY FRIEND WHILE I WAS IN MEXICO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
DETERMINING THE SEX
FIRST YOU NEED A NEEDLE HANGING FROM A PIECE OF STRING.
HOLD THE STRING IN YOUR HAND WITH THE NEEDLE OVER THE
PERSON'S WRIST. IF THE NEEDLE GOES IN A CIRCLE, IT WILL
BE A GIRL, BUT IF THE NEEDLE GOES BACK AND FORTH, IT WILL
BE A BOY. IF THE CIRCLE OR BACK AND FORTH MOVEMENT IS
LARGE IT MEANS THAT IT WILL BE A BIG BABY. WHEN THE
NEEDLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP THAT MEANS THAT YOU
WON'T HAVE ANY MORE CHILDREN.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND. THIS WAS DONE ON A
WOMAN THAT NO ONE KNEW WHO WAS ALREADY MARRIED AND
IT REALLY WORKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
SPOON TEST FOR DETERMINING SEX
MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS OF GERMAN DESCENT, TOLD ME
THIS STORY. YOU SPIN A SPOON BEHIND A PREGNANT WOMAN.
IF THE HANDLE IS AWAY FROM HER, IT WILL BE A GIRL.
IF IT'S TOWARD HER, IT'S A BOY. IF THE HANDLE IS
SIDEWAYS, TWINS.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY MY NEIGHBOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00001940-1950
PREDICTION OF BABY'S SEX
THE PREGNANT MOTHER LAYS DOWN ON HER BACK. THEN YOU
TAKE EITHER A NEEDLE OR A PENCIL HUNG ON A STRING
AND HOLD IT OVER HER NAVEL. IF IT GOES IN A CIRCLE
IT WILL BE A GIRL. IF IT GOES BACK AND FORTH, IT
WILL BE A BOY.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO INFORMANT BY HER NEIGHBOR IN WAYNE, MICHIGAN,
CAROL PROUGH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
PREDICTION OF BABY'S FUTURE
MY SISTER TOLD ME THAT IF A BABY WAS BORN WITH A
TOOTH, HE WOULD BE A SCHOLAR.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO INFORMANT BY HIS SISTER, MRS. LA MOUNTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001940-1950
BAD LUCK PREVENTION: (ITALIAN)-SALT
TO PREVENT BAD LUCK FROM ENTERING A HOUSE, PLACE SALT IN LITTLE
BAGS AND PUT THE BAGS IN THE CORNERS OF THE ROOMS WHERE NO ONE SEES
THEM. IT IS ESPECIALLY GOOD TO DO THIS WHEN A NEW BABY ARRIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): CONVERSION ; HOME, DOMESTIC PURSUITS ; SUPERNATURAL: SALT AS LUCKY CHARM
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
BAD LUCK OMEN
WHEN AT A BRIDAL SHOWER, HOWEVER MANY BOWS THE BRIDE-TO-BE BREAKS,
THATHS HOW MANY CHILDREN SHE WILL HAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Breaking of BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1947