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THE EXKIMOES HAD A CUSTOM THAT WHEN THEIR CHILDREN
WERE BORN, INSTEAD OF SLAPPING THEM, THEY WOULD CUT A
HOLE IN THE ICE AND STICK THEM IN IT HEAD-FIRST
TO MAKE THEM BREATHE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
