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The initial sections are dedicated to birth, childhood beliefs about where children come from, and the actual process of labour; first care, breastfeeding and beliefs related to the childbirth; baptism, offerings and gifts, hospitality to mark the baptism, and godparenthood; the postpartum period and requirements during the puerperium; welcoming of the newborn to the world and early childhood; and first communion and confirmation as rites of passage from childhood through adolescence into youth age.

Se analizan el noviazgo y las relaciones prematrimoniales, que antiguamente desembocaban en el matrimonio. También las capitulaciones que firmaban con ocasión del matrimonio las familias propietarias de las zonas rurales. Asimismo se dedica un apartado específico a la dote que se otorgaba a la mujer casadera.