2642. These things were shown, told, and confirmed to me. And regarding little children, of whom there is no mention there, they did not kill them, for to kill little children is completely forbidden in hell, and to bring on each other such fantasies is never permitted. But the Jews treated little children in this manner: when they were in their swaddling clothes they would grab hold of the swaddling clothes, leading them out either onto the street, or into manure, or into a swampy place, and holding the end of the swaddling band in the hand, they would then throw the little child forward, keeping hold of the swaddling band and then slinging them out. I was told that it was done thus. 1748, 18 July.