And the infant in your bosom,

You’ll find dead on your bedside.

It is told of a widower, who was unkind to his children, that the ghost of his deceased wife in a similar manner appeared to him, and said:

“Man, who hast shut the door upon me,

And left me lying here!

Before the Christmas comes

A greater loss will befall you.

Man, who hast the children,

Rearing them unpeaceably,

If oft your hand be raised,