BELIEFS ABOUT PREGNANT WOMEN

It is believed that a pregnant woman should not be photographed. A pregnant woman's requests for edibles and consumer articles generally acceded to since it is though that refusal may lead to ear-diseases for the child in the womb.

Therai ( toad) falling on a pregnant woman may be the cause of some diseases to the off-spring. Between conception and delivery, a woman should not do any tailoring work. A woman bitten by a scorpion during pregnancy immunises the future child to scorpion-bites. A nest being built inside a house by a bird or wasp assures safe delivery.