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TOWARD PRE-SELECTED SEX: "GALEN, PERSONAL PHYSICIAN TO THE
ROMAN EMPEROR MARCUS AURELIUS, TOLD PREGNANT WOMEN TO FILL
TWO SMALL HOLES IN THE GROUND WITH URINE. IN ONE HOLE THEY
WERE TO PLANT WHEAT, IN THE OTHER BARLEY. IF THE WHEAT
SPROUTED FIRST THEY WOULD BEAR A BOY, IF THE BARLEY, A
GIRL."

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Observation
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 08-03-1968

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