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IF YOU ATTEND A FUNERAL WHILE PREGNANT YOUR BABY WILL BE
BORN OR GROW UP TO BE A VERY DARK COMPLEXTION PERSON.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED DURING MY STAY IN DETROIT WITH PEOPLE WHO
LIVED THERE A LONG TIME.
THIS SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEF --THE TABOO OF ATTENDING A FUNERAL
WHILE YOU ARE PREGNANT WILL AFFECT THE COLOR OF THE UNBORN. THIS
USUALLY APPLIES TO BLACK FOLK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPLECTION COMPLEXION ; NEGRO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: CA06171966
COFFEE MAKES PEOPLE DARK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER AT A VERY YOUNG
AGE AND SAYS SHE HAS NEVER DRUNKEN COFFEE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPLECTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 03-00-1983