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In Graunt’s “Bills of Mortality,” cited in Johnson’s Dictionary, we read: “When the convulsions were but were but few, the number of chrisoms and infants was greater.”
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger
If the child died within a month of its birth, that cloth was used as a shroud; and children so dying were called chrisoms in the old bills of mortality.
From Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Potts, Thomas, fl. 1612-1618
When children died within the month they were called chrisoms.
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
