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For a baldhead is meant in this song a child, for the reason explained before. 墓 chiang$1$ t'ang$1$, ginger broth, a medicine given to make the patient sweat. 乖乖 kuai$1$ kuai$1$, dear, treasure, said of children. 葫蘆子兒 hu$2$ lu$2$ tzǔ$3$ 'r, the seeds in his gourd (meaning his head), 迸出來 peng$4$ ch'u$1$ lai$2$, to spring up; said of things which being thrown down, by force of elasticity, spring up.

The first baldhead gets sick ― the second baldhead is scared ― the third baldhead goes to call a doctor ― the fourth baldhead boils a ginger decoction ― the fifth baldhead bears him (the sick one) on the shoulders ― the sixth baldhead buries