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IT IS COMMONLY CONSIDERED BAD LUCK FOR A BABY TO CRY WHILE
IT IS BEING BAPTIZED.

Submitter comment: I HAVE NOT HEARD THE SUPERSTITION VOICED LATELY, BUT AFTER

Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite
BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event

Date learned: 08-04-1968

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