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MENSTRUATION SUPERSTITION

YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE A BATH DURING YOUR
PERIOD. YOU'LL GET TB. (TUBERCULOSIS).
ALSO FLOWERS WILL WILT IF YOU TOUCH THEM DURING
YOUR PERIOD.

Submitter comment: SHE HAD HEARD BOTH OF THESE AS HAD HER MOTHER, BUT
NEITHER BELIEVED THEM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 05-11-1965

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