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EXPECTANT MOTHERS
TO END A LONG PREGNANCY AND MAKE THE BABY COME EARLY TAKE A COUPLE
OF TABLESPOONS OF CASTOR OR COD LIVER OIL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TRIED THIS WHEN HER BABY WAS ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF LATE,
AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE WORKED.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001950S