The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

SUPERSTITION ON BIRTH MARKS

WHEN BARBARA'S MOTHER WAS PREGNANT WITH HER,
SHE WAS SCARED BY A BAT. SO WHEN BARBARA WAS
BORN, SHE HAD A BAT AS A BIRTH MARK ON HER.

Submitter comment: BARBARA'S MOTHER TOLD HER THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF HER STRANGE
BIRTH MARK. ALSO, BARBARA'S MOTHER TOLD HER THAT THIS WAS
AN OLD WIVES'S TALE, BUT A STRANGE COINCIDENCE IN IT HAPPENING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-06-1967