The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

SUPERSTITION ON BIRTH MARKS

WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, AND HAS A DESIRE FOR SOME
KIND OF FOOD, BUT DOESN'T GET THE FOOD DESIRED AND
HAPPENS TO SCRATCH HERSELF, A MARK OF THE FOOD DESIRED
WILL APPEAR ON THE CHILD IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE THE
MOTHER SCRATCHED HERSELF. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS MY
GRANDMOTHER HAD A DESIRE FOR SOME CHERRY POP AND SHE
BIRTH MARK ON HER HAND. THE BIRTH MARK WAS RED AND
SORT OF LIKE A CHERRY.

Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD HER THIS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 10-19-1967