1.   According to one folk belief, a woman who bites into an etrog will become pregnant within a year.

2.   Feng shui blends thousands of folk beliefs with the measurement of universal magnetic fields.

3.   In perhaps no other field, scholars who study social attitudes toward language say, is unscientific folk belief so consistently enshrined in high-level policy.

4.   That old African folk belief would be tested again soon enough.

5.   The official church sometimes supported such folk beliefs, but more often they rejected popular piety in favor of more intellectually reputable religious practices.

6.   When what is today Slovakia converted to Christianity, he said, many simply incorporated church doctrines into rural folk beliefs.

7.   Over time, the sects slowly transformed into a fusion of Japanese folk beliefs and Christianity.

8.   A. Here is a folk belief that may actually have some scientific basis.

9.   Even in ultra-modern Japan, folk beliefs are a strong force, even if they lie beneath a slick, glossy surface.

10.   For centuries, the Taiwanese have practiced a rich blend of Buddhism, Taoism and folk beliefs brought here by ethnic Chinese settlers.