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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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EACH WHITE SPOT ON YOUR FINGERNAILS INDICATES HOW MANY
BOYFRIENDS YOU HAVE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Date learned: 06-00-1972
WHEN YOUR CORNS HURT IT IS GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-27-1973
DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS IF A (PREGNANT) WOMAN CRAVES
SOME FOOD SUCH AS CAKE AND SHE DOESN'T GET IT WHEN SHE IS CRAVING
FOR IT SHE MUST BE SURE TO PUT HER HANDS ON THE BACK
OF HER RUMP BECAUSE WHERE EVER SHE PLACES HER HANDS
THAT IS WHERE A BIRTHMARK WILL DEVELOP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN WERE FRIGHTENED BY SOMETHING, THE BABY
WOULD BE MARKED. MY FATHER ALWAYS SAID THAT IF A BABY WAS
BORN WITH HAIR DOWN ITS BACK, IT WAS MARKED BY A SQUIRREL.
ALSO IF SHE EATS STRAWBERRIES, THE BABY COULD HAVE A
STRAWBERRY BIRTHMARK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
OL' MIZ HURT USED TO SAY SHE'D MARKED HER DAUGHTER WITH
STRAWBERRIES. SHE WAS BORN WITH RED MARKS UNDER HER CHIN
AND ON HER CHEST; ALWAYS TURNED RED WHEN THE STRAWBERRIES
GOT RIPE.
Submitter comment:
MRS. NEWMAN BELIEVED THAT MARKS WERE CAUSED WHEN THE
PREGNANT WOMAN HAD A CRAVING AND IT WASN'T SATISFIED.
THEN THE FIRST PLACE THE MOTHER PUT HER HAND ON HER OWN
BODY, THEN THAT WOULD BE WHERE THE BABY WOULD BE MARKED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FOLK BELIEF
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN SEES OR HAS A FRGHTENING EXPERIENCE, HER CHILD
WILL BE MARKED BY THE EXPERIENCE ACCO RDINGLY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER SAW A PLANE CRASH IN DALLAS, TEXAS. SHE WAS
PREGNANT AT THE TIME. INFORMANT HAS A BIRTHMARK ON HIS ARM AND IT
IS SAID THAT THIS IS THE PIECES OF THE WRECKED PLANE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PREGNANCY BELIEF
DURING HER PREGNANCY, HER MOTHER-IN-LAW MADE HER EAT A LITTLE OF
EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE DINNER TABLE BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED THAT
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN SAW FOOD AND DIDN'T EAT IT, HER CHILD WOULD BE
MARKED OR DEFORMED AT BIRTH.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; mother-in-law
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREGNANCY SUPERSTITION
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT AND SEES SOMETHING HORRIBLE SHE SLAPS
HER HAND ON ANY PART OF THE BODY AND IT WILL LEAVE A BIRTHMARK
OF THE THING SHE SAW.
Data entry tech comment:
There are three others similar to this in archive.
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-22-1969
FOOD SUPERSTITIONS REGARDING PREGNANCY
IF WHILE A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, AND SHE HAS A CRAVING FOR A
CERTAIN FOOD, AND SHE THEN TOUCHES HERSELF, THE BABY WILL HAVE
A BIRTH MARK ON THAT SPOT THAT THE WOMAN TOUCHED.
Data entry tech comment:
There are several others like this in the archive.
Informant's homeland=Italy?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home ; from informant's homeland
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC?
Date learned: 03-07-1971