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DURING THE TIME YOU ARE PREGRANT, YOU ARE NOT TO LOOK
AT A DEFORMED PERSON OR IF YOU ARE FRIGHTENED BY AN AMIMAL YOUR
CHILD WILL LOOK LIKE IT.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGION ; PREGNANT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 10-00-1974

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IN THE OLDEN TIMES IT WAS SAID THAT IF A GIRL
KISSED A BOY SHE WOULD HAVE A BABY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): PREGNANT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Birth
SPEECH -- Magical

Date learned: 10-12-1971

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Superstition: Pregnancy

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A Polish pregnant woman must be shielded from the sight of cripples, any people that are ugly, abnormal or diseased for fear of "marking" the child.

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Where learned: Kominski, Anna

Keyword(s): Able-ism ; Able-ist ; BELIEF ; BIRTH ; ETHNIC ; Ignorant ; POLAND ; POLISH ; PREGNANCY ; PREGNANT ; SUPERSTITION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

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THERE ONCE WAS A POLE SO LAZY HE MARRIED A PREGNANT WOMAN.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Teske, Tina

Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; LAZY ; POLISH ; PREGNANT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote
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Date learned: 04-00-1972

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