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Show ARERULED BY SUPERSTITION Almost Every Act of a Roumanian, From tho Cradlo to the Grave, 13 Thuo Guided. , ICoumnhh. Ih 0110 of the fin or I to home of nupratltloii, whwo Kuportl-ilon Kuportl-ilon tiecouipany llfo literally from tho uudlo to tliu nno. Uofoto 11 iljlld Is t'hrl8tncl It mint unei-stnud the lin-portnnt lin-portnnt luremouy of Itn first bath, Riven In it hnn MRMkn bowl, whldi iiIm) stnvoa nit lt cro,ilk', nt tlit homo of lt godmother. If It n boy thero' mutt bo'poun'd Into tlio batli n nyni-ImiIIciI nyni-ImiIIciI mixture of com, wine and honey; If a Kin the ttli muu contain con-tain feutherh fiom tin- wings of 11 doe mid petals of 11 l-oxo to suivo nn n prnjcr to the Three Sjilnnersi, f'Ioeil to bo nenxlns the child's destiny, tlmt her footsteps throujih llfo may bo ns soft us u dovo nml her fiico ns fair iik 11 flmyer. A book, 11 loaf of broad anil n rod uro n. ,-red a boj If he chooaes the boolc hu will bo a bcholar; If tho In cad, ho will bo n thrifty, practical, biiccosHful man of uffalrs; If tho rod, which Ih laid on his back, ho will be a ne'er do well, U tho belief. I When 11 man die thero miut bo placed In IiIh i)fUn 11 comb, a bit of oap nml u coin to pay the feo due Churon, to ferry him over the- Itlver Ktyx. |