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A PREGNANT WOMAN CANNOT DO ANY CUTTING; DO ANY CUTTING,
BEATING, PIERCING, CHOP WOOD, WASH CLOTHES, SEW,
BECAUSE THIS WILL CAUSE WOUNDS ON BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF ABOUT BAPTISM
YOU DO NOT EVER HAVE A PREGNANT WOMAN AS THE GODMOTHER
OF YOUR CHILD, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, THAT CHILD WILL
NEVER BE HEALTHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
A PREGNANT WOMAN IS NOT ALLOWED TO HOLD A CHILD IN
BAPTISM FOR FEAR HARM WILL COME TO HER OWN BABY OR TO
THE GODCHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; TOLEDO ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
REMEDY
IF YOUR HANDS ARE BADLY CHAPPED, RIGHT BEFORE YOU
GO TO BED, RUB SOME URINE ON THEM AND PUT ON A
PAIR OF WHITE GLOVES AND LEAVE THEM ON FOR THE
NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Measure BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
IF YOU STRIKE A NUN YOUR ARM WILL FREEZE IN THAT
SAME POSITION THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY A NUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
DON'T PLAY WITH FROGS, CAUSE IF THEY WET ON YOUR HANDS,
YOU'LL GET WARTS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
IF YOU TOUCH A TOAD, YOU'LL GET WARTS.
Submitter comment:
ALWAYS HEARD THIS, BUT DOESN'T REMEMBER WHERE
FIRST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
IF YOU GRAB A TOAD, YOU WILL GET WARTS.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
WHEN I WAS YOUNG I BELIEVED THAT HANDLING A TOAD WOULD
CAUSE WARTS TO FORM ON MY HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU GET WARTS FROM TOADS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
WARTS ARE CAUSED BY TOUCHING TOADS.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE KNOWN THIS SINCE I WAS A CHILD AND I HAVE HEARD IT MANY
TIMES FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; FARMINGTON ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU TOUCHED A TOAD, YOU WOULD GET WARTS ALL OVER YOUR
HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
FROGS CAUSE WARTS WHEN HANDLED.
ACTUALLY, TOADS ARE THE ONES TO BEWARE (OF), BUT I USED TO BE
AFRAID TO GO NEAR A FROG FOR THE WARTS I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD
CAUSE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
IF YOU PLAY WITH A TOAD, YOU WILL GET WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-02-1968
IF YOU HANDLE A TOAD, YOU WILL GET WARTS ON YOUR HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
NEVER TOUCH A TOAD BECAUSE FROM THEM YOU CAN GET WARTS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHO WAS RAISED
ON A FARM AS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
IF YOU PICK UP A TOAD YOU'LL GET WARTS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM SCHOOL FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
A PERSON WILL RECEIVE A WART IF A BULLFROG URINATES ON HIM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REPORTS THIS AS A COMMON BELIEF AMONG HER
FAMILY AND OLDER FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-11-1965
IF A TOAD URINATES ON YOU, YOU WILL GET WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
HANDLING TOADS WILL CAUSE WARTS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM PATIENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-01-1967