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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
BITING FINGERNAILS WHEN PREGNANT CAUSES THE BABY TO BE
STUBBORN.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; FINGERNAILS ; PREGNANCY ; Stubborn
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-13-1973
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN'S FEMALE CHILD IS ATTRACTED TO A
MALE SHE HAS PREVIOUSLY DISLIKED, HER CHILD WILL BE A BOY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Attraction ; BELIEF ; Boy ; gender ; Girl ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-23-1973
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 THE BABY BEFORE BIRTH IS ACTIVE, IT WILL BE A BOY;
IF INACTIVE, A GIRL.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Boy ; gender ; Girl ; Movement ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-13-1973
A CHILD CONCEIVED ON THE QUARTER MOON WILL BE A BOY.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Boy ; Conceived ; gender ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY
James Callow Keyword(s): FRACTION ; SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
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 A LITTLE BOY IS ATTRACTED TO A PREGNANT WOMAN, HER
CHILD WILL BE A GIRL. IF A GIRL IS ATTRACTED TO THE
WOMAN, HER CHILD WILL BE A BOY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Attraction ; BELIEF ; Boy ; CHILD ; gender ; Girl ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-23-1973
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN CRAVES ANYTHING WHICH IS DENIED HER,
HER CHILD WILL BEAR A MARK RESEMBLING THAT OBJECT.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Birthmark ; Crave ; FOOD ; PREGNANCY
| 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: 10-23-1973
TO DETERMINE PRE-NATALLY THE SEX OF A CHILD, HOLD A
RING ON THE END OF A STRING ABOVE THE PREGNANT WOMAN'S
NAVEL. IF THE RING SWINGS IN A CIRCLE, THE CHILD WILL
BE A BOY. IF IT SWINGS BACK AND FORTH, THE CHILD WILL
BE A GIRL.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ; BELIEF ; Boy ; gender ; Girl ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY ; RING
James Callow Keyword(s): ANAPEL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of object for determining number of children or sex of unborn P863.4 |
Date learned: 10-23-1973
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS FRIGHTENED BY AN ANIMAL, HER
NEWBORN CHILD WILL RESEMBLE THAT ANIMAL.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; FEAR ; PREGNANCY ; Resemblance
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-23-1973
BABIES ARE FOUND UNDER THE CABBAGE LEAVES IN THE GARDEN.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): Babies ; BABY ; Cabbage ; GARDEN ; Tale
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Birth |
THE NUMBER OF BROKEN RIBBONS ON WEDDING SHOWER GIFTS IS
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THE COUPLE WILL HAVE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; SCOTTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage Breaking of BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 10-12-1973
MORE BABIES ARE BORN DURING A FULL MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-11-1973
MY BODY LIES OVER THE OCEAN,
MY BODY LIES OVER THE SEA,
MY DADDY LIES OVER MY MOMMIE,
THAT'S HOW I CAME TO BE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ORIGIN OF BABIES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-11-1973
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN CRAVES A FOOD, FOR EXAMPLE STRAWBERRIES,
AND DOESN'T GET IT, THE BABY WILL HAVE THE BIRTHMARK OF
WHAT WAS CRAVED.
Where learned: TEXAS ; HOUSTON
| 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 |
NEVER, NEVER MAKE A BABY'S CAP BEFORE THE BABY ARRIVES
OR YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK WITH THE BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): SEWING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
WHEN A CHILD IS BORN, EACH DAY AFTER THE BIRTH THE MOTHER
BECOMES MORE BEAUTIFUL.
Submitter comment:
John Rush; 63 Years old. Retired Moll worker. Slavic. Charleroi, Penna.
He heard this saying from his mother.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; CHARLEROI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 09-12-1973
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT AND A YOUNG GIRL HUGS YOU, YOU WILL
HAVE A BOY; IF A BOY HUGS YOU, YOU WILL HAVE A GIRL.
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Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 06-00-1972