FIRST ACTIONS

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• #41

  If a child cries at birth and lifts up one hand, he is born to command.

• #42

  If the baby smiles in its sleep, it is talking with angels.

• #43

  If a baby yawns, the sign of the cross should be made over it that the evil spirit may not enter.

  Niagara Falls, Ont.
• #44

  While tying on a baby’s cap repeat,—

  Look up there and see a fly,
  Look down there and see it die.

  Its chin will follow the direction indicated, and the tying is hastened.

  Brookline, Mass.