The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

BIRTHS AND BAPTISM

WHEN A BABY WAS BORN IN THE HOME, THE MOTHER COULD
NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE, WITH OR WITHOUT THE CHILD, UNTIL
IT WAS TIME FOR THE CHILD TO BE BAPTIZED. THEN THE
MOTHER AND THE CHILD WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE CHURCH
TOGETHER, IN THE DAYTIME, TO BE BAPTIZED.

Submitter comment: THE ABOVE WAS BELIEVED AND PRACTICED BY THE INFORMANT'S
PARENTS. (1910-1920).

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH

Date learned: 10-02-1971