Oral magic, folklore and tradition / by B.R. Townend.

  • Townend, B. R.
Date:
1938
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Credit: Oral magic, folklore and tradition / by B.R. Townend. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    received information regarding it from several correspondents in “ Notes and Queries ” of its occurrence in the North-East Midlands, Shropshire and Durham. Dr. James B. Samson, the M.O.H. of Romford, tells me that in his district a child which cut its teeth “ on the cross,” that is lower central incisor on one side followed by the upper central incisor on the other, is considered likely to suffer from nervous diseases. Space does not permit of any further extension of this study of the persistence and widespread nature of these strange ideas, but I trust that the examples I have given will indicate something of the underlying prejudices which clutter up the path of progress. i6
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