Nadezhda Tarancheeva, signs and incantations
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Terbish, Baasanjav
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When a baby’s tooth falls out, it is wrapped in bread and given to a dog by saying: ‘Take my bad tooth and give me a good one.’ It is a bad omen to stand on the door’s threshold. If a person stumbles on his way out, this is a bad sign. In contrast, if a person stumbles while entering a house, it is a good sign. If many boys are born in the same year, this signifies a war. The birth of many girls, in contrast, is a good sign.
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Signs, incantations, teeth, childbirth
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Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge
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Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin