Note 141.5 — Chapter XV · THE COUVADE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE STRENGTH OF THE BLOOD-TIE—CONCLUSION OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE THEORY OF THE LIFE-TOKEN.
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Addy, 125. The same superstition has recently been reported in the case of an old woman who died a few years ago at Mawgan in Cornwall. v. Folklore, 343. Compare the mythological reasons as to nail-parings, suprà, p. 138, as to hair, p. 133, and the Korean practice, p. 136, note.