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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is one of Goa's leading NGOs.
Sangath is looking to build a centre for services, training and research
and is looking to buy land of approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs
betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas
If you have land to sell, please contact:
contac...@sangath.com or yvo...@sangath.com or phone +91-9881499458
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html
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Amazing how such beliefs are shared across cultures, regardless of
their scientific veracity or otherwise:
Mexican Folk Beliefs Regarding Pregancy, Eclipse and Other Natural and
Supernatural Things
http://dulzuraenjulio.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/mexican-folk-beliefs-regarding-pregancy-eclipse-and-other-natural-and-supernatural-things/
Myths related to solar eclipse
According to the survey conducted by WSD, more than 85 % of teachers
admitted their belief that pregnant women should not go out during the
eclipse. However, 65 % of them said that the baby doesn't have any
risk during eclipse...
http://www.4to40.com/culture/index.asp?id=163
Wonder if any studies have been conducted on this (the beliefs, I
mean) in Goa. FN
2009/7/23 Gabriel de Figueiredo <gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au>:
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> I am not superstitious, but curiously enough ...
>
> my wife was pregnant with our son in 1983. There was a solar eclipse in
> London then, and for a reason of emergency (we had an unexpected guest), she
> had to chop vegetables on the day. My son has a deep cleft on the top of his
> left ear ...
