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In this version, a baby must have suckled directly from the breast and completed at least 15 feedings to establish kinship, among other conditions.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2021

“I have suckled the wolf’s lip of anger,” she writes, “and I have used it for illumination, laughter, protection, fire in places where there was no light, no food, no sisters, no quarter.”

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2018

In every age examples are cited of very young girls and women in extreme old age, who have suckled children.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

No," said she, "the child I have suckled shall never pay me for his lodging.

From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Reade, Charles

Dear brother, if you have suckled long enough, do not at once cut off the breast, but let thy brother be nourished also.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin