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IF A PREGNANT WOMAN LOOKS EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL,
HER BABY WILL BE A GIRL. IF HOWEVER, SHE LOOKS
EXCEPTIONALLY UGLY, HER BABY WILL BE A BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE MOTHER CARRIES THE BABY MORE IN THE FRONT OF
HER IN A POINTED POSITION, THE BABY WILL BE A BOY;
SIGNIFYING THAT BOYS ARE NOT AS CLOSE TO THEIR MOTHERS
AND THAT THEY LEAVE THEM SOONER.
CONVERSELY, IF THE MOTHER TAKES ON A MORE ROUNDED
APPEARANCE, HER BABY WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
UNSATISFIED CRAVINGS DURING PREGNANCY, E.G., STRAW-
BERRIES OR CHOCOLATE, WILL RESULT IN A STRAWBERRY
OR CHOCOLATE COLOR OR SHAPED BIRTHMARK ON THE BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
IF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER'S STOMACH IS ROUND, THEN SHE
WILL HAVE A BABY BOY; IF HER STOMACH STICKS OUT,
THEN THE BABY IS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-05-1969
IF A MARRIED COUPLE HAVE INTERCOURSE DURING A FULL
MOON AND THE WOMAN CONCEIVES, THEN THE BABY WILL
BE A BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
IF YOU RAISE BOTH YOUR ARMS OVER YOUR HEAD WHEN
YOU'RE PREGNANT, YOU WILL HAVE A BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NEVER DO ANY STRENUOUS
REACHING BECAUSE THE UMBILICAL CORD COULD STRANGLE
THE BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
IF A WOMAN RECEIVES A GOOD SCARE WHILE SHE IS
PREGNANT, THE BABY WILL BE MARKED IN SOME WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- P800 P800.544 |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
CHILDREN BORN WITH A VEIL (A MEMBRANE-LIKE SAC)
WILL BE HEALTHIER AND HAVE A STRONGER CHARACTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
BABIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE BORN DURING A BIG
STORM.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
MY INFORMANT'S OPENING REMARK ABOUT THIS ONE WAS "YOU
CAN TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH..."
THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY HUMOROUS AND GAY AT THIS POINT.
IF YOU HAVE A FOUR POSTER BED, AND IF THE MAN HANGS HIS
PANTS ON THE POST, THE WOMAN WILL BECOME PREGNANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PREGNANT MOTHER IS CARRYING HER
CHILD HIGH, THE CHILD IS A BOY; IF SHE IS CARRYING IT
LOW, THE CHILD IS A GIRL.
Where learned: CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
SICILIAN BELIEF
MANY SICILIANS BELIEVE THAT A MOTHER WHO CONTINUES TO
SUCKLE HER PRESENT CHILDREN WILL BE FREE FROM FUTURE
PREGNANCY.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; MIAMI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
JAPANESE BELIEVE THAT EATING CHARRED NEWT (SALAMANDER)
WILL HELP A (WET)NURSE WHO IS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING
A CHILD TO SUCKLE HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Numbers System of counting Calculation |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
A PREGNANT WOMAN'S MORAL CONDUCT WILL SHAPE THE
BABY'S CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PREGNANT WOMAN CANNOT DO ANY CUTTING; DO ANY CUTTING,
BEATING, PIERCING, CHOP WOOD, WASH CLOTHES, SEW,
BECAUSE THIS WILL CAUSE WOUNDS ON BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS
THE HINDUS HAVE AN OLD BELIEF THAT THE DAY ON WHICH (ONE)
IS BORN DETERMINES ITS CHARACTER AND ITS FUTURE. THIS
BELIEF IS EXPRESSED IN AN OLD VERSE:
MONDAY'S CHILD IS FAIR OF FACE,
TUESDAY'S CHILD IS FULL OF GRACE,
WEDNESDAY'S CHILD IS FULL OF WOE,
THURSDAY'S CHILD HAS FAR TO GO.
FRIDAY'S CHILD IS LOVING AND GIVING,
SATURDAY'S CHILD WORKS HARD FOR ITS LIVING,
AND A CHILD THAT'S BORN ON THE SABBATH DAY
IF FAIR AND WISE AND GOOD AND GAY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
HIS FAMILY BELIEVED THAT DEATH IS A JOYFUL EVENT AND
BIRTH IS A SORROWFUL ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-22-1970
THE FIRST VISITOR IN THE HOME AFTER THE BIRTH OF A
BABY WILL BRING GOOD LUCK THROUGHOUT THE CHILD'S LIFE
IF IT IS A MAN AND BAD LUCK THROUGHOUT LIFE IF IT IS
A WOMAN. FR. MALONY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER
AT HOME, WHO IS OF IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; RECTORY ; HOLY NAME
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
Date learned: 02-19-1967
THE INFORMANT SHARED A ROOM WITH MY BROTHER N A
HOSPITAL. MY BROTHER A RATHER POPULAR FIGURE IN
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETICS DREW MANY PEOPLE TO HIS ROOM
DURING MY FOUR-HOUR VISIT. THE INFORMANT HEARD STORIES
FOR THREE HOURS BEFORE HE, QUITE UNEXPECTEDLY,
VOLUNTEERED A CONTRIBUTION.
HE SAID THAT WHEN HE WAS A NEWLYWED, WHICH MUST HAVE
BEEN THIRTY YEARS EARLIER, THE COUPLES USED TO COMPARE
INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY PERTAINING TO SEX, CONTRACEPTIVES
AND CHILDREN. ONE METHOD OF ARTIFICIAL CONTRACEPTION
WAS FOR THE WOMAN TO STUFF A VINEGAR-SOAKED RAG IN HER
VAGINA IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AND AFTER INTERCOURSE.
HE WAS SO EMBARRASSED BY THIS REVELATION, WHICH MUST HAVE
TAKEN A GREAT DEAL OF COURAGE, THAT HE NEVER SPOKE AGAIN
UNTIL I WAS READY TO LEAVE. THE SEVERAL OCCUPANTS OF
THE ROOM, PRIMED BY SEVERAL SIX-PACKS SMUGGLED INTO THE
HOSPITAL, SUPPORTED HIM AND CHEERED HIM FOR HIS AMAZING
REVELATION WHICH NO ONE HAD EVER HEARD OF BEFORE. PER-
HAPS THIS RECOGNITION "TURNED HIM OFF."
HE WAS A FARMER FROM PETOSKY, WHO HAD SERIOUS SURGERY ON
HIS SPINAL COLUMN. HIS NECK WAS IN TRACTION, BUT I COULD
SENSE THAT HE WANTED TO SAY MORE AND INTERRUPT ON OCCASIONS
BUT PERHAPS IT WAS TOO DIFFICULT TO SPEAK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-24-1967