(Some put it, Sunday's child shall never know want.)
3. He who is born on New Year's morn Will have his own way as sure as you're born.
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.
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.
10. An open hand in a baby is a sign of a generous disposition, but a habit of closing the fingers indicates avarice, or, as we say, closefistedness. _Cambridge, Mass._
11. If a child "favors its father," it is good luck for it. It will get on well in the world. _Salem, Mass._
12. A baby that has two crowns will live in two continents or kingdoms. _Massachusetts._
13. A double crown on the head means that the owner will "break bread in two kingdoms." _Northern Ohio._
14. "Two crowns will never be satisfied." This is a sign of a very changeable disposition. _Chestertown, Md._
15. A baby born with a veil over its face has good luck. _General._
16. A child born with a veil over its face will never be drowned. Many sailors are known to wear the caul, with which they were born, about the person as a charm against death by drowning. _Sailor's superstition._
17. Take the baby first into the sunlight on Sunday. Put it into short clothes and make all changes on that day.
18. To make a child rise in the world, carry it upstairs (or to the attic) first. _Mifflintown, Pa._
19. The baby must go upstairs before it goes downstairs, or it will never rise in the world. _Massachusetts._
20. To be a bright baby, it must go up before it is carried down, and it must be bumped to the attic roof for luck. _New England._
21. A young baby was taken up a short step-ladder by its nurse before being for the first time carried downstairs lest it should die before it was a year old. _Holyoke, Mass._