Nogueira, Adriana2023-04-272023-04-272017http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/19489Trabalho em curso, inicialmente aceite e apresentado no International Congress of the Belief Narratives Network (BNN) - International Society for Folk Narrative Research (ISFNR), Russian Academy of Sciences/ European University, São Petersburgo (Rússia), em 2010. Aceitam-se sugestões e comentários: anogueir@ualg.ptThe aim of this paper is to present the result of the research on the belief that needles can enter the blood stream and go to the heart, provoking death, or that they cross all body, which is related to a certain craftsmanship (seamstress) that is disappearing nowadays.engBelief NarrativeMigratory NeedlesForeign bodies walk to the heartOral traditionThe migratory sewing needlesworking paper