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IF A PREGNANT WOMAN EATS TOO MANY STRAWBERRIES, THE CHILD
WILL HAVE A STRAWBERRY (BIRTH)MARK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): GLUTTONY
Date learned: 02-14-1967
IF YOU TOUCH A MUSHROOM OR A TOAD, YOU WILL GET A WART.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 02-14-1967
FROGS CAUSE WARTS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS THIS FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SHELBY
Date learned: 10-17-1970
IF YOU TOUCHED A FROG, YOU'D GET WARTS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELATED THIS BELIEF, BUT DID NOT SEEM
TO HOLD CREDENCE IN IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Date learned: 11-23-1970
IF YOU HAVE A CORN, YOU SHOULD RUB IT WITH YOUR OWN
SALIVA AS SOON AS YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING (BEFORE
YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT). JENNIE TOLD
ME THIS YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD A BAD CORN. I DON'T
KNOW IF IT WAS A CASE OF MIND OVER MATTER OR WHAT,
BUT I TRIED IT AND IT WORKED. MAYBE THE SALIVA HAS
ACID IN IT. WHETHER THIS CAME FROM THE NORTHERN PART
OF ITALY OR FROM KANSAS, I'M NOT SURE. JENNIE DIDN'T
SAY. (SHE WAS ITALIAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00001950S
YOU MUST PLANT AN ONION TO CURE WARTS.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; KOMOKA
Date learned: 10-17-1970
IN ORDER TO GET RID OF WARTS, CERTAIN PEOPLE
POSSESS A SPECIAL POWER TO CURE THEM BY BUYING
THE WART FOR ONE CENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 02-18-1971
THERE WAS A "QUACK" WHO LIVED IN SCOTLAND AND HAD A
CURE FOR WARTS. HE WOULD GIVE THE PATIENTS A LARGE
SHEAF OF STRAW AND HE HAD TO CARRY THE STRAW IN
HIS HAND AND FIND OUT WHERE A FUNERAL WAS TAKING
PLACE, AND AT THE FIRST MOVEMENT OF THE HEARSE, HE
HAD TO THROW THE STRAW UNDER THE HEARSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SCOTLAND
Date learned: 01-28-1971
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN VISITS A FIRE, OR SOME OTHER
EXCITING OCCURENCE, HER CHILD WILL BE BORN WITH A
BIRTHMARK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
BIRTH SUPERSTITION
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY THAT WHENEVER A BABY WAS BORN AND
IT HAD A BIRTHMARK OR SOMETHING ON ITS SKIN, THAT IT WAS
DUE TO SOME SIN OF THE MOTHER AND GOD WAS PUNISHING HER
BY MARKING UP HER CHILD.
Where learned: 292 LAWNDALE DR ; NASHVILLE, ASSUMED ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Date learned: 07-23-1968
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT LAUGH AT ANY DEFORMED PERSON
OR HER UNBORN CHILD WILL HAVE THE SAME DEFORMITY.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; HUNTSVILLE
Date learned: 06-20-1972
A MOLE OR A BIRTHMARK SHOWS WHERE AN ANGEL KISSED YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) |
Date learned: 06-30-1972
EACH WHITE SPOT ON YOUR FINGERNAIL STANDS FOR GUYS WHO
LOVE YOU.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
Date learned: 00001950'S
WHILE PREGNANT, MRS. MOBBS CRAVED CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKES AND
OBTAINED THEM WHENEVER POSSIBLE. HER MOTHER CAUTIONED
HER NOT TO DRINK TOO MANY, FOR SHE BELIEVED HE BABY
WOULD BE MARKED. MRS. MOBB'S BABY WAS BORN WITH A
BLACK (SIZE OF A NICKEL) SPOT UNDER HIS RIGHT ARM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-00-1968
NEVER MAKE A BABY LOOK ABOVE ITS HEAD, BECAUSE IT WILL BECOME
CROSSEYED.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU MASTURBATE, YOU GET PIMPLES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-25-1968
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CROSS EYE IN A BABY IS A SIGN OF MENTAL RETARDATION.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN CROSSING A RAILROAD TRACK IN A CAR, LIFT YOUR FEET
OR YOU'LL LOSE THE MAN YOU WERE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 05-07-1972
WHEN MY INFORMANT'S LITTLE SISTER WAS BORN, THE NEIGHBORS
TOLD HER MOTHER THAT SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL THE FUTURE
BECAUSE THE BABY WAS BORN WITH A VEIL OVER HER FACE. THIS
HAPPENED IN A MINING TOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA EARLY IN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) BELIEF -- Birth |
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN GETS SCARED, WHEREVER SHE TOUCHES HER
BODY, THE BABY WILL HAVE A SPOT ON ITS BODY AT THAT PLACE.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
Date learned: 06-21-1970