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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.