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Show A Strange Cufttoin. According to a YjiMiire (England) notion, a new born infant should always he phiced in tho arms of a maiden bo- fore it is touched oy nnyono efne; and m some instance's its right hand is bound in a cloth during tho lirst day of its existence ex-istence in order that it may gather riches when grown to manhood or womanhood wo-manhood estate. In many parts of the United States, Germany, France and Holland, as well as throughout the British Brit-ish Isles, it is considered very important that an infant should "go np" before it jfoes down ill tho world. Thus, if a child is boru in the lower story of a bouse, it is instantly bundled up by ono of the old women and carried upstairs; if the event occurs iu tho upper story the same old woman is expected to take the child in her arms and clamber uion the top ol a table, bureau, or even a chair anything any-thing to get the little ono up in the world. St. Louis Republic. |