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I'VE ALWAYS HEARD, SOME INDIANS BELIEVE THAT A NAKED SQUAW
WALKING IN THE MOONLIGHT, DRAGGING HER CLOTHES BEHIND HER,
WILL KEEP CUTWORMS FROM DESTROYING THE GARDEN VEGETABLES.

Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS

James Callow Keyword(s): FERTILITY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Insect
BELIEF -- Moon
BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming

Date learned: 08-11-1968

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