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SEVENTH GIFT GIVER
WHEN A GIRL HAS A BABY SHOWER, THE PERSON WHO GAVE HER THE SEVENTH
GIFT THAT SHE OPENS WILL HAVE A BABY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND SHE REMEMBERS THIS FROM ALL HER
LIFE.
Data entry tech comment: THIS IS ONE SIMILAR ITEM IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Measure |
REMEDY
IF YOUR HANDS ARE BADLY CHAPPED, RIGHT BEFORE YOU
GO TO BED, RUB SOME URINE ON THEM AND PUT ON A
PAIR OF WHITE GLOVES AND LEAVE THEM ON FOR THE
NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Measure BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
SUPERSTITION
THE HICCUPS MEAN YOU ARE GROWING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Measure |
Date learned: 00-00-1972