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BABY'S RASH

IF YOU PLACE A RED RIBBON UNDER A BABY'S PILLOW
THE BABY WILL NEVER BE BOTHERED WITH A RASH OR SKIN DISEASE.

Submitter comment: PAT HEARD THIS SHORTLY AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED(APPR. 1954) FROM
A WOMAN WHOSE NAME SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER.

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color
BELIEF -- Color
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 01-09-1964

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