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PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF A MOTHER CONTINUES TO NURSE HER CHILD, SHE WON'T BECOME PREGNANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
BELIEF
THE FIRST CHILD IS USUALLY THE SMARTEST
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
NEW HOUSE BELIEF
A NEW HOUSE BRINGS A NEW BABY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
OLD WIVES' TALE
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN RECEIVES A SCAR ETC. HER BABY WILL BE
BORN WITH ONE IN THE SAME SPOT.
Submitter comment:
WHILE I WAS PREGNANT I RECEIVED A SCAR FROM AN IRON
BURN ON MY ARM, MY BABY WAS NOT BORN WITH A SCAR.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
BELIEF
LOOK AT BEAUTIFUL THINGS, THINK BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS, AND
YOU WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
BELIEF, CURSE
A GYPSY CURSE PUT ON A PREGNANT WOMAN CAN CAUSE PERMANENT
DAMAGE TO THE CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
PREGNANCY BELIEF
JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE A SPECIAL WAY OF TELLING WHETHER AN
UNBORN CHILD IS A BOY OR A GIRL. IF A WOMAN IN HER SEVENTH MONTH
OF PREGNANCY IS CARRYING THE BABY HIGH AND DISTENDED, THE
CHILD IS DEFINITELY A BOY. IF THE BABY IS CARRIED LOW AND
FLATTER ON THE ABDOMEN, THE BABY IS A GIRL.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
DRESS BELIEF
A BABY GIRL IS DRESSED IN PINK, A LWAYS, BECAUSE SHE WAS BORN
INSIDE A PINK ROSE.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
BELIEF
IF A WOMAN IS BURNED WHILE PREGNANT, THE BABY WILL HAVE THE MARK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-27-1969
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF THE EXPECTANT MOTHER SLEEPS ON HER LEFT SIDE EVERY NIGHT
HER CHILD WILL BE A BOY.
IF SHE SLEEPS ON HER RIGHT SIDE, SHE WILL HAVE A DAUGHTER.
IF SHE IS NOT CONSISTENT, SHE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TWINS, A BOY
AND A GIRL.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-26-1969
PREGNANCY BELIEF
AN EXPECTANT MOTHER MUST NEVER MAKE REMARKS ABOUT AN
UGLY PERSON, IF SHE DOES HER CHILD WILL LOOK LIKE THAT
UGLY ONE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-12-1969
BELIEF
STORKS CARRY BABIES TO THEIR PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER HAS LOTS OF HEARTBURN, THE BABY WILL HAVE
LOTS OF HAIR.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-27-1968
PREGNANCY BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN IS PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FRUIT FROM A TREE OR
THE TREE WILL DIE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LEGEND
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN THE MATERNITY WARD AFTER A FULL
MOON OR A THUNDERSTORM.
Submitter comment: BELEIF OF NURSES AT HENRY FORD HOSPITAL, DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
BIRTH BELIEF
IF A CHILD IS CONCEIVED AND THE MOTHER IS LATER MARRIED
TO THE FATHER, THE BABY WILL BE A GIRL, AND WILL BE CALLED
A LOVE BABY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN THE HOSPITAL.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
PREGNANCY BELIEF
MANY FEMALE PATIENTS EXPLAIN THEIR BAD TEETH AS BEING THE
RESULT OF CHILD BEARING. MANY MORE ASK THEIR DENTISTS IF HAVING
CHILDREN WILL CAUSE THEIR TEETH TO FALL OUT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT IS A DENTIST WHO HEARD THE MATTER FROM HIS PATIENTS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-22-1965
BIRTH BELIEF
TAKE A PENCIL WITH AN ERASER ON IT AND STICK THE POINT ON A
THREADED NEEDLE. NOW HOLD THE THREAD, SUSPENDING THE PENCIL OVER THE
PULSE POINT OF A GIRL. THE PENCIL SHOULD START MOVING IN A CIRCULAR
OR LINEAR MOTION. IF CIRCULAR, HER FIRST CHILD WILL BE A GIRL.
IN A LINEAR PATH, A BOY.
CONTINUE PERFORMING UNTIL MOTION STOPS, THIS WILL TELL YOU HOW
MANY CHILDREN SHE WILL HAVE.
Submitter comment: ANOTHER ONE ALIKE IN THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANAPEL ANEPEL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
BIRTH BELIEF ABOUT A GHOST OR SPIRIT
THE MOTHER WHO DIES IN CHILDBIRTH WILL TRY AND COME BACK
FROM THE GRAVE TO NURSE HER BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
NURSING BELIEF
IF TWO MOTHERS ARE NURSING THEIR BABIES IN THE SAME ROOM, ONE
WILL "STEAL" THE OTHER'S MILK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY ; BABY ; Breastfeeding ; infant ; Milk ; MOTHER ; Nursing ; Steal ; Supply
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-19-1971