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MOTHER'S CUSTOM

TO MAKE THEIR BABIES RELAX AND GO TO SLEEP, GREEK
MOTHERS WRAP THEM IN LONG WHITE CLOTHS WITH THEIR
ARMS DOWN STRAIGHT AT THEIR SIDES. THIS PRACTICE
ALSO DEVELOPS STRAIGHT ARMS, LEGS, AND BACKS IN
THE CHILDREN.

Submitter comment: PRACTICED BY HER MOTHER AND HERSELF.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

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

Date learned: 01-30-1967

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