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A POLISH WOMAN WHO LIVED NEAR US IN DETROIT BELIEVED THAT IF A
PREGNANT WOMAN LIFTED HER ARMS ABOVE HER HEAD SHE WOULD WRAP THE
UMBILICAL CORD AROUND HER BABY'S NECK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-15-1984