By the folk custom on child-birth, we mean that All the traditional custom in the Island directly related to the child-birth. This includes the custom on Befor-child-birth, After-child-birth, and Infant-care.
This paper is a sequel of author's previo...
By the folk custom on child-birth, we mean that All the traditional custom in the Island directly related to the child-birth. This includes the custom on Befor-child-birth, After-child-birth, and Infant-care.
This paper is a sequel of author's previous papers;the survey on the folk custom on child-birth in Cheju Island Part Ⅰ: the custom on Before-child-birth, Part Ⅱ; the custom on After-child-birth. This paper is also based on the survey on aged native people who have been living in the Island without any direct influences of modern Western civilization. We collected the data during January and summer of 1975. For this survey we interviewed a total of 63 people including 27 men and 36 women. And also, the question aires which were asked to 261 prolific native women were analyzed.
In this paper we will discuss the custom related to the infant care which was traditionally maintained among the native people until a modern western civilization influenced the Island. This includes naming for new-born babies clothes for them, feeding, sleeping-basket, treatment in case of sick in bed, aniversaries, lullabies, player for long life, bathing, hair cut, nail cut, funeral and others.