blessing-way
n.— «
My midwife does a blessing-way in which she rubs sacred blue cornmeal on my feet as a sign of supplication to the mother-to-be.
» —“Re: Natural Childbirth was GREAT!!!” by Colette Usenet: misc.kids.pregnancy July 1, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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