The same procedure, this time performed by Baba Vanga herself, is described by Velitchka Yaneva from Kardzhali to Zheni Kostadinova (Kostadinova 2009a: 380):
My younger sister could not have children – in the fourth month of pregnancy her body would reject the fetus. When we went to Baba Vanga, she asked my sister, when she gets pregnant again to come back to her, in the fourth month and bring a doll and a baby blanket. I remember this scene very clearly – standing on her knees, Baba Vanga wrapped and unwrapped the blanket around the doll, talking something to herself, sweat pouring from her. Then she stood up and said: “It is now attached! The baby will be carried out and will be born healthy; when it becomes four months old, bring it to me so I can baptize it”. On the 9th of December 1970 my sister gave birth to a little boy…
(9) And here is one more example of a “ritual”, described by Stoyanova (1996: 132):
