It is lucky for the child to cry at baptism, but unlucky for the godmother to wear mourning.
Superstition #8
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 8.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

It is lucky for the child to cry at baptism, but unlucky for the godmother to wear mourning.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 8.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.