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WHILE AT HER STAY AT MERRILAC (A CENTER FOR PREGNANT
TEENAGERS), TERRI HEARD MANY STORIES TIED WITH PREGNANCY.
IF YOU SMOKE WHEN YOU ARE PREGNANT, YOUR BABY WILL CRY
A LOT AFTER THE BIRTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-00-1983
IF YOUR LOOKS CHANGE QUITE A BIT WHILE YOU ARE
PREGNANT, YOUR BABY WILL BE A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
SHE HEARD THIS AT THE MERRILAC CENTER FOR
PREGNANT TEENAGERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-00-1983
IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF DRINKS A DAY
DURING YOUR PREGNANCY, YOUR BABY WILL BE HEALTHIER
AFTER ITS BIRTH.
Submitter comment:
SHE HEARD THIS AT THE MERRILAC CENTER FOR
PREGNANT TEENAGERS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-00-1983
IF A BABY'S FIRST WORD IS "DADDY" THE NEXT
CHILD WILL BE A BOY, IF THE WORD IS
"MOMMY" THE NEXT CHILD WILL BE A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
CONNIE'S SECOND DAUGHTER'S FIRST WORD
WAS "DADDY", HER AUNTS START TELLING
HER THAT THE NEXT CHILD WILL BE A BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF A WOMAN HAS A LOW STOMACH DURING
HER PREGNANCY SHE WILL HAVE A BOY,
IF IT IS HIGH SHE WILL HAVE A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
WHILE BEING PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST
CHILD, HER AUNTS START TELLING HER
ABOUT HER STOMACH BEING HIGH AND
THAT SHE WILL HAVE A GIRL (SHE DID).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
EAT A LOT OF CARROTS WHEN
EXPECTING, YOUR BABY WILL
HAVE THICK HAIR AND GOOD EYES.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO JEAN BY HER SISTER
IN-LAW A LONG TIME AGO, SHE TOLD
THIS TO EVERYONE. JEAN'S SISTER
IN-LAW'S CHILDREN HAD NO HAIR AND
EACH ONE WEARS GLASSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001970S
TO GET RID OF WARTS, YOU WAIT UNTIL THERE IS A FULL MOON AND A TOAD HAS TO JUMP ACROSS YOUR HAND. YOU MUST BE IN A CEMETERY FOR THIS TO WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; NEW YORK ; STATEN ISLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1985 ; 00-00-1969
IF YOU'RE CANNING FOOD AND YOU'RE PREGNANT, THE FOOD
WILL SPOIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; NEW YORK ; STATEN ISLAND
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-00-1985 ; 00-00-1980
IF YOU SLEEP ON YOUR STOMACH DURING YOUR FIRST TWO
MONTHS OF PREGNANCY, YOUR BABY WILL BE STRONG AND
HEALTHY. "MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS
PREGNANT WITH MY FIRST CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-00-1985 ; 00-00-1981
MY MOTHER'S MOTHER TOLD HER THAT TO BE MARRIED IN
A GOWN THAT HAD SEED PEARLS UPON IT TOLD OF HAVING
GIRL CHILDREN. SURE ENOUGH, MY PARENTS HAVE TWO
CHILDREN, BOTH ARE GIRLS!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
IF YOU EAT LOTS OF CHOCOLATE WHEN YOU ARE PREGNANT, YOUR
CHILD WILL HAVE DARK BROWN HAIR. SHE TOLD ME THIS DURING MY
AUNT'S PREGNANCY; MY AUNT CRAVED CHOCOLATE, AND SURE ENOUGH.
MY COUSIN HAS DARK, SHINY BROWN HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights ; WHERE I FIRST HEARD THIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
THE NUMBER OF WRINKLES IN THE FOREHEAD SHOWS HOW
MANY KIDS YOU WILL HAVE.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER PASSED THIS SAYING.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
James Callow Keyword(s): CHILDREN
Date learned: 00-00-1960
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
IF OVERDUE DURING PREGNANCY, DEFROST REFRIGERATOR
AND LABOR WILL BEGIN.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-00-1985
I WAS 6 OR 7 IN THOSE DAYS AND EVERYBODY HAD PORCHES.
YOU'D WALK DOWN TO THE STREET CAR. I REMEMBER
ASKING MY MOM WHY A (PREGNANT) LADY HAD A BIG BELLY.
SHE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE SHE EATS TOO MUCH SOUP.
I THOUGHT THAT THE STORK BROUGHT BABIES.
Where learned: WHERE I HEARD IT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P441 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001930S
ONE OF THE GREATEST TERRORS FEARED BY THE IBO TRIBE IN NIGERIA
IS THE OGBANJE, A CHANGELING, WHICH IS A CHILD THAT CONSTANTLY
DIES AND RETURNS TO ITS MOTHER TO BE BORN AGAIN. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
TO SAVE THE CHILD FROM DYING. MUTILATION OF THE CORPSE MAY
TERRIFY THE CHILD'S SPIRIT INTO STAYING AWAY FROM THE MOTHER,
BUT THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF THE
CHILD BEING BORN AGAIN BEARING THE SCARS OF THE MUTILATION
ON ITS BODY. THE ONLY TO SAVE THE CHILD IS TO FIND THE
IYI-UWA, THE ENCHANTED OBJECT THAT MAINTAINS THE CHILD'S
SOUL, AND DESTROY IT. THEN THE CHILD WILL NOT DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-13-1987
NEVER KEEP A CAT WITH A NEW BORN BABY FOR IT WILL SUCK THE
BREATH OUT OF THE BABY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-03-1987
BABIES DONT LAUGH, THEY'RE ONLY HAVING GAS PAINS.
WHEN A BABY IS FIRST BORN HE/SHE CANT SEE - THEY START
TO SEE WHEN THEY BECOME A CERTAIN AGE.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME BY MY MOTHER WHO GOT THAT FROM HER MOTHER,
MY MOTHER NEVER BELIEVED THAT BECAUSE SHE TOLD MY
GRANDMOTHER THAT ALL OF HER BABIES COULD
SEE WHEN THEY WERE FIRST BORN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001980S
YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER THE BIRTH OF YOUR
FIRST CHILD FIRST BECAUSE IT WAS THE
FIRST TIME YOU EVER HAVE EXPERIENCED
A THING LIKE THAT. THERE IS A CLOSER
BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND FIRST CHILD
THAN BETWEEN THE OTHER CHILDREN.
Submitter comment:
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW I MUST HAVE FELT
BECAUSE I WAS THE 4TH CHILD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001980S
WHEN MY FATHER WAS 4 YRS OLD HE LOOKED
OUT THE KITCHEN WINDOW AND SAW THE FACE
OF A BABY BOY AND LATER ON HIS MOTHER
GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY BOY THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE
THE BABY IN THE VISION MY FATHER SAW.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001980S
IF YOU LEAVE YOUR TOOTHBRUSH AT YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE SHE WILL
BECOME PREGNANT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A STATEMENT THAT I OVERHEARD AT A CONVERSATION AT LUNCH.
IT WAS MADE AS A JOKE TO DIG AT SOMEONE'S PROMISCUITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-00-1987