The author studies three rites and the different myths associated with them, as well as pertinent dreams and free associations of patients, stressing some of the psychoanalytic implications. He attempts to demonstrate that the cultural manifestations in Cuba have been so universally accepted by the white population because of the manner in which oral training is carried out. He points out that the basic oral aggressive fantasies appear in popular superstitions such as not being able to have intercourse, bathe, shave, or get a haircut unless three or four hours have elapsed after a meal. These analytic implications are more fully elaborated in the author's recent book, Psychological Roots of the Cubans.