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Recumbentman Started conversation Jul 4, 2003
The variant I heard first was "Three for a wedding, four for a boy" -- a wedding being news, and a boy child good fortune, a girl child not calling for special mention; as also expressed in the question "Is it a boy or a child?"
That was A Long Time Ago.
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