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WHEN A WOMAN HAD A BABY, TO PREVENT IT FROM GETTING
WITCHED, YOU WOULD TAKE THE BABY AND PUT IT THROUGH THE
FLAP OF A PAIR OF LONG UNDERWEAR, FROM THE FRONT.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT RELATED THIS BELIEF HELD BY PEOPLE WHEN HE
WAS A CHILD, HOWEVER, DID NOT PROFESS TO BELIEVE IT
HIMSELF.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 11-23-1970

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