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Mother's Superstitions

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Parent Issue
Day
31
Month
December
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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In Spain the infant's face is j-vept with a pine-tree bough to bring it gaod luck. Esthonian mothers attach Wís of the evll-snielling asafoetida to the nocks of theiv offspring. Roumanian mothers tie red ribbons around the ankles of their chilriren t keep them f rom harm. The Orecian mother.ftféfore putting her chili to bed, turns it around threo times before the fire to !ward off evil spirits. Among Vosges peasants ohildreu born at a n&v inoon are supposed to '■ havo sharper tongues than those born ' under the lasr. ouarter. Welsli mothers, to insure the safety of their babe, put a pair of tongs or I a knife in the eradle. In some parts of England the same practice prevalía. ! In Ireland' a belt of woman's hair Is placed about a child to koep liarm ! away, aud garlic, salt, bread and steak are put into the eradle. of a new-born i baby in Holland. As soon as har child is born the Turkish motUer loads it with amulets, and a sniall bit of mud, steeped in hol water, prepared by previous charms, tl stuek on his forehead. At the birth of a child in lower Bri tany the neigbboring women take It in chargo, wash it, craok its joints ■ and rub its head in oil U solder the : crauium. It is then wrapped in a tight ■ buntire and its Ups touched Av'th ' '! to tnake ir a ful! Breton.

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