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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. 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
ray, on which are a comb, scissors, paper string, a piece of string for tying the hair in a knot, cotton wool, and the bit of dried fish or seaweed which accompanies presents, one of each, and seven rice straws--these seven articles must be prepared.[121] [Footnote 121: For a few days previous to the ceremony the child's head is not shaved.] The child is placed facing 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 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. ALLOWED TO GROW ONE ON EACH SIDE AND ONE AT THE BACK OF THE HEAD ON THIS OCCASION ALSO A SPONSOR IS SELECTED A LARGE TRAY ON WHICH ARE A COMB SCISSORS PAPER STRING AND A PIECE OF STRING FOR TYING THE HAIR IN A KNOT COTTON WOOL AND A BIT OF DRIED FISH OR SEAWEED WHICH ACCOMPANIES PRESENTS ONE OF EACH AND SEVEN RICE STRAWS THESE SEVEN ARTICLES MUST BE PREPARED THE CHILD IS PLACED FACING 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
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