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Superstition
Belief:
A pregnant woman should avoid being scared or shocked because this will disfigure or mark the baby.
Examples:
1. During a fire, a terrified pregnant woman grabbed her face with her hands and the baby was born with a red streak on its face.
2. A pregnant woman was scared by a mouse, and her baby was born with a marking on its shoulder similar to a mouse.
Submitter comment:
The informant heard of these two instances while she as a young girl in Poland.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Reference
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Biology ; BIRTH ; Birthmark ; CHILD ; FEAR ; FIRE ; Mouse ; Offspring ; Old Wives Tale ; PREGNANCY ; RODENT ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): Reference
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Superstition
"Mouse"
My brother has a birthmark on his thigh. But my grandmother refuses to believe that it did not come about inthis way: She says that when my mother was pregnant a mouse must have frightened her and she must have grabbed her leg at the thigh, in the place where my brother has the "mouse." Her proof is that my uncle has the same kind of mark in the same place on his leg, and she is sure that she was scared by a mouse when pregnant with him.
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Reference
Original BN [P840] crossed out and replaced with current classification.
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): BIRTH ; Birthmark ; CHILD ; CURSE ; FEAR ; Mouse ; Offspring ; Scare ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): Reference
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Custom: Animal
Animal:
The men that work in the coal mines feed the mice in the mines. They do this because the mice save their lives. Just before a mine avalanche, the mice will squeal and scurry on the ground, warning the miners of the oncoming danger.
Submitter comment:
My mother's father worked in a coal mine in Penna. [Pennsylvania?] and actually experienced this.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P752] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; Danger ; Mice ; Mine ; Mines ; Mouse ; OMEN ; Signal ; WARNING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Proverb
Poor as a churchmouse
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James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Churchmouse ; Destitute ; Mouse ; Poor ; POVERTY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Proverb
Poor as a church mouse
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James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): CHURCH ; Churchmouse ; Destitute ; Mouse ; Poor ; POVERTY ; SIMILE ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Belief: Medical
Stand in front of house after losing baby tooth and repeat three times:
Little Mouse Little Mouse
Give me an iron tooth
For this bone tooth.
Then the tooth is thrown over the house in hope that new tooth is stronger.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Verse?
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; Dentist ; House ; MEDICAL ; Mouse ; SUPERSTITION ; TEETH ; Tooth ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
TO FIX A MOUSE EATEN HOLE IN A GARMENT BRINGS BAD LUCK
TO THE MENDER.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 09-01-11
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; Fix ; Garment ; Hole ; LUCK ; Mend ; Mouse ; Sew
James Callow Keyword(s): MENDING SEWING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 06-06-1973