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Excerpt from Fanchon the Cricket
Dame Sagette, who received them in her apron as they came into the world, did not omit to make a little cross with her needle upon the arm of the first born; for, said she, a ribbon, or a necklace may easily 'get changed, and then the right of primo geniture will be lost to the eldest; and as soon as the child is strong enough, she added, you must make a mark which can never be efi'aoed. A piece of advice which was not forgotton.
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