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Show FATES ATTEND BABY'S BIRTH 1 , Peculiar Supcretltlon That Has Strong Hold on the Poorer Classes of Greece. Almost every mitloti has some pn Jlcidiir iiperM'iloii or belief nhotii babies, mil) iIh..(. ivsuli in nclluus which ui- nil the wnj frum the utterly ut-terly nbsiird lo the terr'blj triiKle. The pedantry or ii;oecc llrmly believe thin the future or every child I tic lerml I by tbi'i'v futes, hiiowii 11s the Morul, In the popular mind these fntes me throe old wopieti. whose hiibltiitlou Is a inoiintnln cave mid they tome tuetber to a Iioiim wbeie there Is :i new-burn child. In picp.iiu tlon for them, nil furniture N s,. nsble that their totterliiK foolsteps nm mil he Impeded, and rcfreshmenls- In the lniie of htiiiey, brenil, cukes mid wine nre set out for lhee Imporliiut Ihoui'li Invisible guests, .Money, ton. Is placed on the liible. lis 11 bribe, for It is believed be-lieved Hint In the gift uf the-e rates lire oil good things as well as hud I'niler no c'lrcmnsiiiiice.s must a child" benuty be iillmlcd to while the .Moral may he. In the house, or they will cur-tnluly cur-tnluly make Its good hmks illsnppear. |
