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AN UGLY INFANT MAKES A HANDSOME ADULT AND VICE VERSA.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Maturity
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 04-01-1969

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IF A PERSON'S BIRTHSTONE IS NOT THE OPAL, IT WILL BE BAD LUCK
FOR HER TO WEAR OPALS.

Submitter comment: SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE TOLD ME THIS; MAINLY WHEN I LOSE

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Bad luck Jewelry (gems, rings, etc.)

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IT IS COMMONLY CONSIDERED BAD LUCK FOR A BABY TO CRY WHILE
IT IS BEING BAPTIZED.

Submitter comment: I HAVE NOT HEARD THE SUPERSTITION VOICED LATELY, BUT AFTER

Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite
BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event

Date learned: 08-04-1968

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A PRETTY BABY BECOMES AN UGLY ADULT. AN UGLY BABY BECOMES AN
ATTRACTIVE ADULT.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Maturity

Date learned: 06-00-1972

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A BABY WILL BE BORN WITH POOR EYESIGHT IF HIS MOTHER READ
DURING HER PREGNANCY WITH HIM.

Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN

James Callow Keyword(s): READING

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF PREGNANT WOMAN MAKES KRAUT, IT WILL BE BAD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Birth

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IF PREGNANT WOMAN TOUCHES FRESH MEAT, THE MEAT WILL GO BAD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Meat
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Use of Object

Date learned: 06-18-1973

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IF YOU PUT AN AX UNDER THE BED, IT WILL CUT IN HALF THE PAIN
OF CHILDBIRTH

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD

Keyword(s): METAL

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mineral
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 07-05-1973

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WHEN PREGNANT, DO NOT PUT YOUR ARMS ABOVE YOUR HEAD, OR THE
CORD WILL WRAP AROUND YOUR BABY'S NECK AND CHOKE HIM.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD

Keyword(s): UMBILICAL CORD

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities

Date learned: 07-05-1973

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IF YOU ARE FRIGHTENED BADLY BY SOMETHING DURING PREGNANCY, THE
BABY WILL HAVE A MARK IN THE SHAPE OF WHAT SCARED YOU. THE
MARK WILL BE WHEREVER YOU PUT YOUR HAND IN FRIGHT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BRENTWOOD

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

Date learned: 07-05-1973

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A BABY WILL BE UNLUCKY IF IT SEES ITSELF IN THE MIRROR BEFORE
ITS FIRST BIRTHDAY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Maturity
BELIEF -- P647
BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror

Date learned: 06-18-1973

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WHEN PREGNANT, DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT OR A TOOTH FILLED,
BECAUSE NEITHER WILL TAKE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 06-30-1973

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IF YOU TICKLE A BABY ON THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT, HE WILL
STUTTER WHEN HE STARTS TALKING.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance
SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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IF YOU RUB GREASE ON A BABY'S HEAD, IT WILL MAKE HIS HAIR CURLY.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, IF SHE WILL EAT A LOT OF APPLES,
THE BABY WILL BE SMART.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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IF A PREGNANT WOMAN CLIMBS THROUGH A BARBEDWIRE FENCE, IT WILL
CHOKE THE BABY.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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A BABY WON'T LIVE TO BE GROWN IF HE DOESN'T FALL OFF THE BED
BY THE TIME HE IS A YEAR OLD.

Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Maturity
BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: 06-20-1970

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