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Singing these words, the mother or any elder of the family takes the baby by the hands and pushes him for and backwards as if it was really the matter of drawing a saw. 姥姥家 lao$3$ lao$3$ chia$1$, the family of the mother's mother. 娶娘子 ch'ü$3$ niang$2$-tzŭ, goes to fetch the bride for her son, niang$2$-tzŭ is the name for a wife, and here it is used instead of 新姑娘 hsin$1$-ku$1$-niang$2$, the real term for a bride. 撘大棚 ta$1$-ta$4$-p'eng$2$, they raise a large matshed. The Chinese houses have not generally large rooms, therefore in marriage, death, anniversary, and other occasions in which many guests are to be invited,