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Thu 2 Feb, 2006 11:43 am
Mo has an interesting birthmark. It is a small heart shaped thing. His hair grows out very blond from the site of the mark.
Typically you wouldn't notice it but since his haircut it is quite obvious and many people have commented on it.
Of course, he became curious.
Reading around about birthmarks I came across some folklore saying that the marks represent "strong feelings by the mother during pregnancy". Also, that "in France, a birthmark is called envie (desire), in Italy it's termed a voglia (wish or craving)".
I told Mo that his birthmark represented his mother's desire for him to be loved by many people and that is why it is shaped like a heart.
I like our little folklore.
What wish might the birthmarks of you and yours represent?
Oh, that's so sweet!!!
Beautifully handled.
I don't think any of us have birthmarks, at least not in the literal sense. That's one thing I remember about baby sozlet, absolutely nothing on her (and I looked!!) Now she (and the rest of us) have an assortment of freckles and moles and such, but I don't think anything significant enough to attach a folklore to.
I have one, but will not elaborate.
I had an inch-long oblong on my lower back as a child, but haven't looked for it in years. It was faded when I noticed it last. I'll have to remember to look for it when I get home tonight.
Definitely no folklore material there.
Mine has faded away almost completely. You'd have to really know where to look to find it. It wasn't very distinctive to begin with - a small oval right above my knee. Not a mark to inspire much of a story....
I grew up with an Italian girl. She had a apple shaped birthmark on one of her arms. Her mother told her that when she was pregnant, she craved an apple and touched her own arm. Thus the marking of craving and love on the bambina.
I have two, one on either leg. Unless I get some sun they are normally too pale to see.
Perhaps it is only distinctive birthmarks that inspire family folklore.
Did the bambina grow up to love apples?
That's interesting about the baby sozlet. From what I've read almost all children are born with some kind of mark but it usually fades quite quickly.
Perhaps the absence of a mark indicates a wish.
You will not elaborate, Lord Elpus? This makes me wonder about your mother and what she might have been wishing for.....
C-section here. The only birthmark I ever had was the mark of the hand on my rear to shock me into breathing. Only lasted a little while, and merely reinforced the notion that life sucks, and that pain builds character.
boomerang wrote:
You will not elaborate, Lord Elpus? This makes me wonder about your mother and what she might have been wishing for.....
Lets just say that my mother must have been craving carrots at the time.
As a manner of fact she did. Her dad, coincidentaly, also grew some of the best apples around. He had several trees in the yard. In this climate, its a testimony to his gardening skills or at least the familial bond.
Mac--
Check out Mongolian spots. They also appear in my family.
http://www.drgreene.com/21_1143.html
Interesting, Noddy. I've never heard of Mongolian spots before.
I can officially tell you all that I still have that birthmark. It's not a part of my body that I see much.
I used to date a girl with a birthmark on her left sholder that looked exactly like a black widow spider. She had another on the right that said Harley Davidson #1.
We parted over compatibility issues.
Mac--
That spot is proof you aren't White Bread.
If you say so, Noddy. (I'm mighty pale to be anything but...)
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