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IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS FRIGHTENED, HER BABY WILL HAVE A
BIRTHMARK OF THE THING WHICH FRIGHTENED HER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, TO BARE HER STOMACH TO THE MOON
INSURES THAT THE BABY WILL BE HEALTHY.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
A WOMAN IS FERTILE WHEN THE SUN AND MOON FORM THE SAME ANGLE
IN THE SKY AS THEY DID WHEN SHE WAS BORN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BEING BORN WHEN THE MOON IS PERFECTLY FULL MEANS THAT YOU WILL
HAVE SOME KIND OF MENTAL DISORDER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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IF YOU CUT A BABY'S HAIR BEFORE HE IS A YEAR OLD, HE WON'T LIVE
FOR YOU TO RAISE HIM.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: 07-00-1972
YOU SHOULD NEVER WEAN A BABY UNTIL HIS ZODIAC SIGN IS IN HIS
KNEE OR HE WILL CRY HIMSELF TO DEATH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ALMANAC ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
THOSE PEOPLE BORN IN JANUARY WILL SHOW CONSTANCY, TRUE
FRIENDSHIP, AND FIDELITY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
THOSE WOMEN BORN IN MAY WILL BE LOVED AND HAPPY WIVES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
IF YOU ARE BORN IN DECEMBER, YOU WILL BE A SUCCESS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
PEOPLE BORN IN THE SPRING ARE SMARTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- P663 |
Date learned: 05-02-1972
THIS WAS TOLD TO SISTER MARY ANTHONY BARR BY A NEGRO GRADUATE
STUDENT:
IF A BABY IS BORN WITH A VEIL (I.E., MEMBRANE) OVER HIS FACE,
HE WILL SEE A GHOST SOMETIME IN HIS LIFE. THIS IS CALLED
"STRANGE BIRTH."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001965 SUMMER
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN GETS SCARED BY A SNAKE, THEN THE BABY WILL
BE BORN COLD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; MAYFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-11-1968
YOU CAN HEAR AN UNBORN BABY CRY IF YOU PUT YOUR EAR TO THE
MOTHER'S STOMACH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE SIZE AND PLACEMENT OF A FETUS INDICATES WHETHER IT IS A
GIRL OR A BOY:
IF THE BABY IS HIGH AND THE MOTHER'S STOMACH IS LARGE, IT WILL
BE A GIRL. IF THE BABY IS CARRIED LOW AND THE MOTHER'S STOMACH
IS RATHER SMALL, IT IS A BOY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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A CHILD THAT IS BORN BALD IS OF A CULTURED FAMILY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BABY SEES HIMSELF IN A MIRROR BEFORE ONE YEAR OF AGE, IT
IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Maturity BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 07-08-1970
FOR GOOD LUCK A BABY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE FIRST NAME SPOKEN IN
ITS PRESENCE AFTER ITS BIRTH.
Submitter comment: A NEGRO MAID WHO WORKED FOR ME CALLED HER LITTLE SON
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
IT'S BAD LUCK TO GET A BABY'S HAIR CUT BEFORE HE'S ONE YEAR OLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 03-07-1969