The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

GREEK CUSTOM-BIRTH

THE GREEK PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO CAME FROM
EUROPE, BIND THEIR BABIES' LEGS AT BIRTH TO KEEP THEM
FROM GROWING CROOKED.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT, WHO IS OF GREEK FAMILY SINCE HER
HUSBAND IS GREEK, LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER-IN-LAW.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 05-14-1965