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plaidtattoos t1_j9zcg7q wrote

I feel like I heard/ read once that there was a time when people didn’t name their child until the child was eight days old, due to death being quite common for newborns. Or is the eight days thing just when they were baptized? Anyone know about this?

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GSilky t1_ja42lk1 wrote

It's still a custom in many societies today.

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