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IT'S BAD LUCK TO HAVE A PREGNANT WOMAN IN YOUR
WEDDING PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, IF SHE IS FAT STRAIGHT OUT IN
FRONT, THE BABY WILL BE A BOY, WHEREAS IF SHE IS FAT
ALL AROUND, THE BABY WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
A CHILD WAS BORN WITH A HARELIP AS A RESULT OF HIS
MOTHER BEING SCARED BY A RABBIT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELATED THIS BELIEF, BUT WAS SKEPTICAL
ABOUT IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
WHEN A WOMAN HAD A BABY, TO PREVENT IT FROM GETTING
WITCHED, YOU WOULD TAKE THE BABY AND PUT IT THROUGH THE
FLAP OF A PAIR OF LONG UNDERWEAR, FROM THE FRONT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELATED THIS BELIEF HELD BY PEOPLE WHEN HE
WAS A CHILD, HOWEVER, DID NOT PROFESS TO BELIEVE IT
HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
IF A POLISH PREGNANT WOMAN IS FRIGHTENED BY A MOUSE
OR RAT, THE CHILD WILL HAVE MOLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE POLISH PREGNANT WOMAN MUST BE SHIELDED FROM THE
SIGHT OF CRIPPLES, ANY PEOPLE THAT ARE UGLY, ABNORMAL
OR DISEASED, FOR FEAR OF MARKING THE CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AN ITALIAN GYPSY BELIEF IS THAT IF THE FATHER EATS
RAW GARLIC JUST BEFORE BIRTH, THE BABY WILL BE A BOY.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; Chatham
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-29-1969
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN CRAVES A FOOD, BUT REFUSES IT AND
TOUCHES HER BODY, THE BABY WILL BE MARKED IN THE SAME
PLACE AS THE MOTHER TOUCHED HERSELF. THIS IS A
LEBANESE BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DETROIT BOARD OF EDUCATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
IF EXPECTANT MOTHERS DO ANY CANNING DURING THEIR
PREGNANCY, THE PRESERVED FOOD WILL NOT KEEP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-01-1970
WHEN THERE IS A STORM, A BABY IS BORN. THE NUMBER OF
BABIES BORN DURING A STORM DEPENDS UPON HOW SEVERE
THE STORM IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN'S STOMACH IS SHAPED LIKE A FOOTBALL
SHE WILL HAVE A BOY. IF THE STOMACH IS SHAPED LIKE A
BASKETBALL, SHE WILL HAVE A GIRL.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF EXPECTANT MOTHER IS BIG ALL THE WAY AROUND, THE
BABY WILL BE A BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
IF YOU WEAR A YELLOW RIBBON IN YOUR HAIR, YOU WILL
BECOME PREGNANT WITHIN A YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRCH RUN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER IS MAINLY BIG IN FRONT, THE
CHILD WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
FOR EVERY BABY YOU HAVE, YOU WILL LOSE A TOOTH.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
IF AN EXPECTANT WOMAN EATS TOO MANY STRAWBERRIES, HER
CHILD WILL BE BORN WITH A STRAWBERRY BIRTH MARK.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
MOST BABIES ARE DELIVERED WHEN THE MOON IS FULL
OR IN A BAD STORM.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
IF THE CHILD IS BORN WITH THE EMBRYONIC SACK, IT IS
A BAD OMEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-04-1970