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Show I Cl-rl rrilneD In TmindTui'la, Tv.o ni fathers mid tuo mul mothers ar-gei.et-.iily a ppi nuti-tl at S;ion jn-a-viut chn.-.tetnti-. a:ul it is eii-niuary that one Com U- -h.nil.l U- old and the other voting; . but iu uo c:ie -.hoiild a hil.hund and wue ti-ruie a.- -1.-1 t'.ireiils at the Miiue baptism, but eat h une of the quurtel must belong to a (luferi-nt family. Tins is the geiienil cii-t'.ni, but iu some districts the rule demand- two godfathers and one ituhnother for a Imiv, godiuolhen aud one yod- fat her tor a irirt. If the parents liave lost other cldldren befnre, then the iutaut should not be-carried out by the dour iu goini; to church, . bin Iniiidi'il out by the window and brought b;u k in tin -ame way. It i-lioukl lie carried car-ried by the hrnadei street, never by narrow nar-row lanes, else it will learn thieving. The L-i-dparenis niiit not look round on their way to church, and Uie lirst person , met by the christening procession will decide the sex of the next child to be 1 born a Imy it it le a man. 11 two children are baptized out of the ' same water one of them will soon die, and if several boys are christened Miccessively in the same church there will be war in the land as soon as they are grown up. Many girls denote fruitful vintages for ; the country when they have attained a , marriageable age. If tin-child sleeps during the baptismal ( ceremony, then it will be pious and good tempered, but if it cries it will be bad tern- . pered or unlucky; therefore the lirst (pies- : tion asked by the parents on the return I i from churr-h is generally, "Was it a quiet j 1 baptism:' ' and if such has not been the . 1 case the sjiousors are apt to conceal the i I trm li. Iu some places the christening proces- i ! slon leturtiing to the house of the parents find the door closed. After knocking for some time in vain a voice from within summons the godfather to name seven bald men out of the parish. When this has ; been answered a further question is asked j as to the gospel read in the church; and only on receiving the answer, "Iet the i little children come to ine," Is the door i thing open, saying: ''Come iu; you have 1 I hearkened attentively to the wovils of the ; Lord." Popular Science Mouthly. |