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This actually happened to my informant's great-
grandmother. If a pregnant woman happens to get
injured and touches a part of her body the baby will
have a mark on that part of it's body.
As in the case I learned about, the woman's great-
grandmother slipped and twisted her ankle. When she
fell she held her ankle in pain. When the baby was
born she had a hand print around the same ankle that
was injured in the mother's slip and fall!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 00001988 ca

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