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On this occasion again a sponsor is called in. The child receives from the sponsor a dress of ceremony, on which are embroidered storks and tortoises (emblems of longevity  the stork is said to live a thousand years, the tortoise ten thousand), fir trees (which, being evergreen, and not changing their colour, are emblematic of an unchangingly virtuous heart), and bamboos (emblematic of an upright and straight mind). ON THIS OCCASION AGAIN A SPONSOR IS CALLED IN THE CHILD RECEIVES FROM THE SPONSOR A DRESS OF CEREMONY ON WHICH ARE EMBROIDERED STORKS AND TORTOISES EMBLEMS OF LONGEVITY THE STORK IS SAID TO LIVE A THOUSAND YEARS THE TORTOISE TEN THOUSAND FIR TREES WHICH BEING EVER GREEN AND NOT CHANGING THEIR COLOR ARE EMBLEMATIC OF AN UNCHANGINGLY VIRTUOUS HEART AND BAMBOOS EMBLEMATIC OF AN UPRIGHT AND STRAIGHT MIND
ass which is auspicious for that year, and the sponsor, if the child be a boy, takes the scissors and gives three snips at the hair on the left temple, three on the right, and three in the centre. He then takes the piece of cotton wool and spreads it over the child's head, from the forehead, so as to make it hang down behind his neck, and he places the bit of dried fish or seaweed and the seven straws at the bottom of the piece of cotton wool, attaching them to the wool, and ties them in two loops, like a man's hair, with a piece of paper string; he then makes a woman's knot with two pieces of string. The ceremony of drinking wine is the same as that gone through at the weaning. If the child is a girl, a lady acts as sponsor; the hair-cutting is begun from the right temple instead of from the left. There is no difference in the rest of the ceremony. On the fifth day of the eleventh month of the child's fourth year he is invested with the _hakama_, or loose trousers worn by the Samurai. NG THE POINT OF THE COMPASS WHICH IS AUSPICIOUS FOR THAT YEAR AND THE SPONSOR IF THE CHILD BE A BOY TAKES THE SCISSORS AND GIVES THREE SNIPS OF THE HAIR ON THE LEFT TEMPLE THREE ON THE RIGHT AND THREE IN THE CENTRE HE THEN TAKES THE PIECE OF COTTON WOOL AND SPREADS IT OVER THE CHILD'S HEAD FROM THE FOREHEAD SO AS TO MAKE IT HANG DOWN BEHIND HIS NECK AND HE PLACES THE BIT OF DRIED FISH OR SEAWEED AND THE SEVEN STRAWS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIECE OF COTTON WOOL ATTACHED HIM TO THE WOOL AND TIES THEM IN TWO LOOPS LIKE A MAN'S HAIR WITH A PIECE OF PAPER STRING HE THEN MAKES A WOMAN'S KNOT WITH TWO PIECES OF STRING THE CEREMONY OF DRINKING WINE IS THE SAME AS THAT GONE THROUGH AT THE WEANING IF THE CHILD IS A GIRL A LADY ACTS AS THE SPONSOR THE HAIR CUTTING IS BEGUN FROM THE RIGHT TEMPLE INSTEAD OF FROM THE LEFT THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE REST OF THE CEREMONY ON THE FIFTH DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH OF THE CHILD'S FOURTH YEAR HE IS INVESTED IN THE JAKAMA OR LOOSE TROUSERS WORN BY THE SAMURAI
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