Abstract
This chapter discusses various dangers and type of help required during pregnancy. It is generally believed in Germany that vascular nævi marks arise, if the pregnant woman has been frightened by a fire or if she gets a fright by suddenly seeing someone bleeding. The chapter also discusses superstitious rules during pregnancy. The pregnant woman in Achin, when cooking rice, must not put a branch into the fire by the point, or she will have a birth with a foot presentation. She must wear no ornaments round her neck, for otherwise the navel cord will twist round the child's neck; she must not also sew her clothes on her body, for by so doing she will bring about a long confinement. Bulgarian women also believe, according to Strauss, that a dumb child will be born if pregnancy is denied. The tent gipsy woman of Transylvania, during pregnancy, is supposed to tread under foot every snail she sees, or else her child will have difficulty in learning to walk.
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