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EXPECTANT MOTHERS

PREGNANT WOMEN ARE NOT TO WALK OVER A HOSE (GARDEN HOSE, ETC.)
AS THIS WILL STRANGLE THE UNBORN CHILD

Submitter comment: INFORMANT ASSURED ME THIS WAS ACTUALLY TRUE.

Where learned: 19100 W 10 MILE

Keyword(s): THREAT SUPERSTITION

James Callow Keyword(s): HOMESOPATHIC MAGIC

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 02-26-1971

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