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IF A PREGNANT WOMAN REACHES OVERHEAD (HANGING OUT
CLOTHES, ETC.) SHE WILL WRAP CORD AROUND BABY'S NECK.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Cord ; PREGNANCY ; Reach ; UMBILICAL CORD
James Callow Keyword(s): UMBILICAL CORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-06-1973
A LACK OF PRE-NATAL EXERCISE WILL MAKE THE BABY ONESIDED.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; EXERCISE ; Physical ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-18-1973
EATING TOO MANY STARCHY FOODS WILL MAKE LABOR DIFFICULT.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Consume ; FOOD ; Labor ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-18-1973
EATING RED CLAY DIRT WILL DAMAGE THE BABY'S EYESIGHT AND
MAKE HIM DIRTY AT DELIVERY.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BLIND ; Clay ; Consume ; Dirt ; Eat ; PREGNANCY ; Red
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-18-1973
FREQUENT USE OF LAXATIVES WILL RESULT IN CLEAN BABIES
AT BIRTH.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BIRTH ; Clean ; Laxatives ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-13-1973
DRINKING ICE WATER EXCESSIVELY IMMEDIATELY AFTER DELIVERY
WILL CAUSE SEVERE BLOODCLOTTING.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BLOOD ; CLOTTING ; DRINK ; Labor ; PREGNANCY ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-10-1973
A PREGNANT WOMAN'S CLIMBING WILL CAUSE THE NAVEL STRING
TO WRAP AROUND THE BABY'S NECK.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; PREGNANCY ; UMBILICAL CORD
James Callow Keyword(s): STRANGULATION ; UMBILICAL CORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-10-1973
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN COMBS ANOTHER PERSON'S HAIR, THE
LATTER PERSON'S HAIR WILL FALL OUT.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; HAIR ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
IF YOU KICK A CAT YOU'LL GET RHEUMATISM.
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Where learned: Arkansas ; RUSSELLVILLE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; Animal Cruelty ; CAT ; CRUELTY ; ILLNESS ; Kick ; OMEN ; PUNISHMENT ; Rheumatism
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
PUT ASPHIDITY INTO SMALL CLOTH BAGS AND HANG FROM THE NECK.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Asphidity ; Bag ; Cloth ; CURE ; NECK ; Necklace ; REMEDY ; talisman
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
SULFUR AND MOLASSES HELP TO THIN BLOOD FOR GOOD CIRCULATION.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; BLOOD ; Circulation ; Molasses ; REMEDY ; Sulfur ; THIN ; Tonic
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
HOLDING YOUR FEET UP WHEN GOING OVER A BRIDGE OR
RAILROAD TRACKS OR HOLDING YOUR BREATH GOING OVER A
BRIDGE--BOTH SO YOU WON'T DROWN OR GET YOUR FEET WET
OR RUN OVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
NOSEBLEED PREVENTATIVE:
A KEY WORN HANGING AROUND THE NECK ON A STRING WILL
PREVENT NOSEBLEEDS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
AT NIGHT PLACE SHOES AND SOCKS IN THE SHAPE OF A CROSS
TO PREVENT SICKNESS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1963
RHEUMATISM PREVENTATIVE:
RED FLANNEL WORN NEXT TO THE SKIN WARDS OFF RHEUMATISM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-11-1973
DISEASE PREVENTATIVE:
HANG ONIONS AT A DOORWAY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
IF A PERSON WALKS OVER YOU, THEY MUST WALK BACK OVER YOU
OR IT WILL STUNT YOUR GROWTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
IF YOU GO OVER A BRIDGE WITH WATER HOLD YOUR BREATH OR
THE BRIDGE WILL FALL ON YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
TIE UP SOME ASSAPHOEDITA IN A RAG AND PUT IT AROUND YOUR
CHILDREN'S NECK AND THIS WILL PREVENT HIM FROM CATCHING
ANY DISEASE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ASAFETIDA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
DRINKING MELTED BUTTER OR EATING AN OILY FOOD WILL KEEP
ONE FROM BECOMING DRUNK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |