Show aby A burmese baby when a fortnight old is named ou tho auspicious day which the astrologer has selected there is a feast to which relatives aud friends have been invited the head is washed for the first time and his bamo ie chosen au english lady residing iu burma describes the process of selecting the name the limits of the choice are determined by the day of the week apon which he was lorn burmese custom divides the letters of the alphabet among the days of the week and a child born on monday must receive a name initialed by one of the letters belonging to that day aha ga gha nga sa VA aha nya ahinga tha is the beginning of a jingle which every burmese child learns as you and I 1 learned thirty days hath september april june and november A child born on janinia monday must have a name g or n and when he is old enough to go to the pagodas the nature of the offering lie carries or rather its shape is determined by tho day of his birth each day of the week is under the or subject to the fury of gomo animal alio tier rules monday and a burman born on monday will offer to gautama candle shaped like a tiger and fashioned of scarlet or of yellow wax tuesday belongs to the king of beasts wednesday is tho tusked elephants ph ants thursday is sacred to alio rat and friday to alie guinea pig the dragon dominates saturday and sunday is dedicated to another fabulous creature half bird halt beast youths companion |