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Old Belief
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Log cottage room lit only by the moon through its one window, a bed with white bedding on one side and a cradle on the other, no lamp burning

the unlit room

The dangerous period is between birth and baptism, and the rule was that the mother and child were not to be left alone or in the dark.

Basis: The window of danger in the belief · AI-generated

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