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PREGNANCY BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN MUST NOT RAISE HER HANDS OVER HER
HEAD, OR SHE WILL STRANGLE HER UNBORN BABY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AND HAS HEARD THIS REPEATEDLY FROM HER PATIENTS. THERE IS, OF COURSE, NO MEDICAL TRUTH IN THIS, BUT IT IS WIDELY
BELIEVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN