As soon as they reach the church the child is handed to the father, who presents it for baptism.

Not a girl in the place would renounce her right to take part in the little procession, for it is a subject of boasting when she marries to be able to say, 'I have accompanied this and that child to its baptism'.

Besides, it is supposed to ensure happiness, and that she in her turn will have a goodly number of little ones.
"'Well and how about betrothals ?' 'Ah! ha! that's another thing.

The girl chooses the lad.

You know the old proverb, 'There are only two things a girl chooses herself--her potatoes and her lover'.