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 | | As men were generally excluded from there, at least until the birth of the child, Cithruadh was assisted by her sister Duatha, her sister-in-law Manissa, and her cousin’s wife, Bodhmall, all of whom were roughly of her age. |
 | | Bodhmall fetched the salt and the honey that would be necessary after the baby was born. |
 | | While Manissa and Bodhmall were washing the mother and changing her nightshift and bedlinens, the midwife, with Duatha’s help, washed the baby and rubbed her all over with salt to keep the wights that would cause illnesses away. |
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