Betty, I have found it is one sponsor and female, and often there is one lady from the church that acts as sponsor for most of these children for one or more years. Janet On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 11:00 PM, Betty Gough via <cotipperary@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I noticed that within the grave yard off the Main Street in Adare, Co. > Limerick there is an area > marked for babies. It is on the extreme right by the wall. Next time I > am there I will make note of the notice and tell you. Do other graveyards > have such spaces? > > This is from an oral history story. Long ago (don't have dates) babies > born to single mothers were baptised at midnight. Usually, one sponsor, > and male. Anyone know more about this 'custom.' > Betty > > > > > > > When replying to a message in the digest please do two things: > 1. Change the 'Subject' to that of the message you are replying to. > 2. Delete all the messages above and below the one you are concerned with. > Thank You. > > All of the past messages of this list can be found in the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cotipperary > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >