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Twenty four baby robes, twelve of silk and twelve of cotton, must be prepared; the hems must be dyed saffron colour. TWENTY FOUR BABY ROBES TWELVE OF SILK AND TWELVE OF COTTON MUST BE PREPARED THE HEMS MUST BE DYED SAFFRON COLOUR
to clothes for the child. These, however, are not the first clothes which it wears. The dyer is presented with wine and condiments when the girdle is entrusted to him. It is also customary to beg some matron, who has herself had an easy confinement, for the girdle which she wore during her pregnancy; and this lady is called the girdle-mother. The borrowed girdle is tied on with that given by the husband, and the girdle-mother at this time gives and receives a present. The furniture of the lying-in chamber is as follows:--Two tubs for placing under-petticoats in; two tubs to hold the placenta; a piece of furniture like an arm-chair, without legs, for the mother to lean against;[119] a stool, which is used by the lady who embraces the loins of the woman in labour to support her, and which is afterwards used by the midwife in washing the child; several pillows of various sizes, that the woman in child-bed may ease her head at her pleasure; new buckets, basins, and ladles of various sizes. CULIAR MARK ON IT AND IS MADE INTO CLOTHES FOR THE CHILD THESE HOWEVER ARE NOT THE FIRST CLOTHES WHICH IT WEARS THE DYER IS PRESENTED WITH WINE AND CONDIMENTS WHEN THE GIRDLE IS ENTRUSTED TO HIM IT IS ALSO CUSTOMARY TO BEG SOME MATRON WHO HAS HERSELF HAD AN EASY CONFINEMENT FOR THE GIRDLE WHICH SHE WORE DURING HER PREGNANCY AND THIS LADY IS CALLED THE GIRDLE MOTHER THE BORROWED GIRDLE IS TIED ON WITH THAT GIVEN BY THE HUSBAND AND THE GIRDLE MOTHER AT THIS TIME GIVES AND RECEIVES A PRESENT THE FURNITURE OF THE LYING IN CHAMBER IS AS FOLLOWS TWO TUBS FOR PLACING UNDER PETTICOATS IN TWO TUBS TO HOLD THE PLACENTA A PIECE OF FURNITURE LIKE AN ARMCHAIR WITHOUT LEGS FOR THE MOTHER TO LEAN AGAINST A STOOL WHICH IS USED BY THE LADY WHO EMBRACES THE LOINS OF THE WOMAN IN LABOUR TO SUPPORT HER AND WHICH IS AFTERWARDS USED BY THE MIDWIFE IN WASHING THE CHILD SEVERAL PILLOWS OF VARIOUS SIZES THAT THE WOMAN IN CHILD BED MAY EASE HER HEAD AT HER PLEASURE NEW BUCKETS BASINS AND LADLES OF VARIOUS SIZES
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