110 SEX-LORE 



Amongst the Indians in Brazil it is considered a 

 great disgrace to have twins, and the mother is 

 laughed at by the other women for breeding like the 

 mice. The people of Esthonia believe that the birth 

 of twins will bring about a year's dire war. People 

 try to prevent multiple pregnancies by various 

 curious methods; one of these is to avoid eating 

 twin fruits or twin vegetables. 



On the other hand, we find that other peoples 

 welcome twins with great rejoicing. In one South 

 African tribe the parents of twins are considered 

 holy, and odes are sung in praise of the lucky mother 

 by the other women. In the Aaru Islands twins are 

 greatly desired, as the parents are given many 

 presents of mother-of-pearl. Amongst the Cameroon 

 negroes a husband holds his wife in great esteem if 

 she has brought twins into the world, women being 

 valued there according to their fertility. In many 

 places in Europe a mother of twins is respected and 

 held specially blessed. 



