EXPECTANT PARENTS ARE SOMETIMES PRESENTED WITH BABY STORKS
OF RICE DOUGH, ONE WHITE AND ONE RED, EMBLEMS OF CONGRAT-
ULATIONS. ALSO, WITH A THIN WHITE COTTON SASH, WITH THE
ENDS DIPPED IN ROUGE. THIS IS USED AT A CEREMONY AT
WHICH ONLY THE TWO SPOUSES, WOMEN MEMBERS OF BOTH
FAMILIES ARE PRESENT. THE SASH IS PASSED THROUGH THE
GARMENT SLEEVES OF THE FATHER-TO-BE, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
THEN IT IS ADJUSTED AROUND THE MOTHER-TO-BE (SEATED NEXT TO
HIM) WHO IS HENCEFORTH REGARDED AS A "LADY OF RETIREMENT."

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THE ABOVE FROM A MEMBER OF HER FAMILY
WHO WENT THROUGH SUCH A CEREMONY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Date learned: 08-01-1964