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Who is the first 2010 baby in Pike County?

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Rachel McDaniel
in Food and Features
Tuesday, January 12. 2010
The tradition of using a baby to signify the new year started in Greece around 600 BC. It was the tradition to celebrate the god of wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a basket, representing the annual rebirth of that god as the spirit of fertility. Early Egyptians also used a baby as a symbol of rebirth.

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