| Show SALTING NEW BORN BABIES An old is that If It a new-born new baby Is carefully and abundantly salted he will be strong and hardy when whim he grows up and that moreover evil spirits will never be e able to pursue him And this custom custom custom cus cus- tom is still sUll clung to in fn various parts of ot the world though the method of procedure Is different with different peoples Jn n certain parts of at Russia especially especial especial- ly among some of at the Armenian settlements set the salting of an infant Is Isan Isan isan an occasion of great celebration an aD event in the life Ute of ot the youngster which is going to influence the whole of his life Ute The baby Is rubbed well with fine s sa salt Jt which Is s left on for about five flue I hours and during that time songs are are sung food and drinks partaken of at and all aU the relatives and friends I join in the celebration If this ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony many is neglected bad luck Is certain to follow the child even to the last years of at his life UCe Mountain trl trills tribes s of Asia Minor indulge indulge in in- In the sar sa same e belief though with them the baby Is generally left from thirty to thirty five hours In the salt Tho The longer the duration of time the better chances for good fortune has the tho Infant |
