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dies in childbirth is taken by the Good People. (12) It is an insult to look at a newly born baby without saying "God bless him or her" (13) A baby corpse is dressed in white and there is not that I know of any special burial ground for unbaptised babies. They are, as a rule, buried in the ordinary graveyard. (14) The christening robe is generally borrowed. It is considered lucky. (15) The cradle is usually passed on from father to son, also for luck.
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