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Show Sneezing as an Omen. The only uttentlon pay to a ini'czo Bt tho prcKciit day In to endeavor en-deavor to Rt rlil of tho chill which caimcH It; but a nnexo In thp days of old. Grec-cp was a matter of great concern con-cern and lii'ixirt. There was then a god of BneezlnK,. 8tid reat undertaking!! would even lie abandoned If a man sneezed at an Inappropriate moment, tho act belne; locked upon an tho oracle of the (tod. A Miecze between midnight and noun wua looked upon a a fortunate nlgn, but between noon and midnight It betokened great misfortune. To Bin eze to yo'ir right wai lucky; to the left unlucky. Two or four nree were bit !.v. one or tliren very unlucky un-lucky and any undertaking In hand Hhonld if poHHible be abandoned; more th.m four mii'pzch ill. I not count. There In a nnlng In many part of Kfmland today: "Once a IhIi. twice a kls. three t linen a letter, four time otnethlne better." If nple B"e zed tocelher it was a good elgn, nnrticu-li.rly nnrticu-li.rly If they happened to be dlscusa- l!4! bUKlliC'l'H. |