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Empty wooden rocking cradle with white bedding, a red woollen thread tied round it and knotted in the middle, loose red yarn and a pair of scissors on the floorboards

the cradle and the red thread

Red thread tied across the cradle and scissors on the floorboards beneath it: the measures were put at the cradle, where the exchange was believed to happen.

Basis: Recorded protective practice around newborns · AI-generated

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