some things you NEVER forget, & I haven’t thought about this for years!
I was taking my newborn daughter out for a stroll on Ave. J in one of those big carriages. her red string had fallen off in the house. a woman came over to peer into the carriage, &, of course, I was expecting some sort of compliment, but she said: ” Oh! that baby looks dead!” <ptew, ptew.. that’s me spitting against an ayin hora>.
obviously, the woman was deranged/mental.. but I hurried home, replaced a new red string on her & was veryy freaked out, & needed consolation.
that was 29 1/2 years ago.