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PREGNANCY BELIEF

IT IS BELIEVED BY SOME THAT IF PREGNANT WOMEN HAVE BEAUTIFUL
THOUGHTS, THEY WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHILD.

Submitter comment:

INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS TO BE A COMMON PRACTICE IN HER
YOUNGER DAYS, AND KNEW OF MANY WHO USED IT, APPARENTLY WITH SUCCESS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC

Subject headings: 840
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 10-03-1971

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