4. He who is born on an Easter morn
Shall never know want, or care, or harm.
5. A child born on a saint’s day must bear the saint’s name. It is unlucky to take away the day from it.
Catholic superstition.
6. Thursday has one lucky hour, just before sunrise, for birth.
BAPTISM.
7. If a child cries during baptism, it is the devil going out of it.
Niagara Falls, Ont.
8. It is lucky for the child to cry at baptism, but unlucky for the godmother to wear mourning.
9. If twins are brought to baptism at the same time, christen the boy first, or else he will have no beard, and the girl will be beggared.