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EXPECTANT MOTHER BELIEF-CUSTOM
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULDNT RAISE HER ARMS ABOVE HER HEAD OR SHE
WILL STRANGLE THE BABY.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS FIRMLY HELD BY THE INFORMANT'S ITALIAN FEMALE
RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-00-1982