Show THE SNEEZE tho the many superstitions connected with the act how a sneeze secured a captaincy the religious aspect of I 1 ZT Y mail mal I 1 and ani express anybody has a right to sneeze says a writer in the cincinnati jen there is no law on the statute book of any state jq to prevent man woman or child from t the he ex arcise of this faculty it is defined as a violent emission of air with moisture audibly from the nose so universal is the custom so many are tho the superstitions connected with this his simply that trifling as it is no inconsiderable argument could be deduced there froW i showing the unity of the human race in that delightful mino mine of oddities the arabian nights and what child has no notreab it and run fancy free in its gorgeous gorgeous iorge ous descriptions and oriental imaginings there is an account of a humpback hump back schoolmaster whose unfortunate habit proved his ruin he was always teaching among his of learning 0 those of po lite vess and when he sneezed he be told his pupils to clap their hands and say long live our noble master one day master and pupils went out for a stroll the day was bopf oppressive ess ive the air hot and wearied with excessive exertion one and all they hailed with a joy akin ato to that of the storm tossed sailor co columbus luib bus 1 land ho hol rang out a deep well at whose bottom lay in refreshing c a depth of crystal water the bucket was at the bottom and the i descended for the pur ur ee poso iose of it up full this this be soon did and gave the word for the boys to pull at the r rope ope and when near the lop the schoolmaster sneezed ed the boys let go the rope simultaneously eh outing long live our noble master it and clapped their bands hands vigorously the luck lamaster ler lw master went to the bottom break back he ever even after regretted h hi 13 brej prejudices in favor of etiquette absurd as the story is it is but quo way of explaining a curious custom prevalent in one ohe form or another among many diffie different rent peo pica plea of salutation at tho the hearing of a sneeze not only among the greeks and romans but even among savage tribes this will be found to have been true xenophon in his says that when the greeks were about to commence their celebrated retreat after the deat leath h of cyrus th the ey Young oung er and as xenophon was addressing them ahem with these words wo we have many reasons to hope for preservation pie a soldier just then sneezed the whole army there u upon adu invoked jupiter the Pr preserver cserer the orator continued since the mention of your preservation jupiter has s sent ent this omen thus turning the event into an indication of success the jewish account as explained by the rabbis gives however howyer a clearer idea of the origin of the custom the rabbis declare that there was no disease or illness among men mea until some time after the flood HOW ilow then did men die in those days simple simply sneezed and died They say that jacob not fancying this in mode ode of or cros crossing ing the he dark river wished some warn warming ingo so that people could e are warnings for t this is momentous event vr for 0 r t this h i s p purpose ho went and wrestled with the angel his prayer was granted gi anted he lie and fell sick heretofore men had sneezed and died therefore the fact of jacobs sneezing and surviving made a great sevea sensation tiou and ever after the act became one of the important thelitz the liti inan system and when men sneezed they saluted and aw uttered some ejaculation of well wishing th the e jews accordingly when a person indulges in a sneeze eay say tobita charini chai ini a long life to you 1 travelers Tra velera relate many incidents regarding thia this custom eti stoin speke and grant t say bay that among some sonic of the natives of equatorial africa they could dige ofer i no tracer of any re res legious ideas e except X C ept in in the arabic custman of uttering a prayer when a person nc ced de do soto dc declares clares that an india duchein sneezed savages around arouni him bowed down nod prayed the sun still for hie ilia c la in new zealand the priest riest is guided by a sneeze sneeze when main he names an infant he ile repeats over ft 0 list of names and when the child sneezes the name then pro po bounced as i s selected A amusing story is told of an english lady traveling in italy and not understanding the language ohp waa was present when a married lady sneezing waa was s saluted by her ber fric ildo present und and afterward brought roti glit a bishop to the luh who happened bapp ened to sneeze near her liar by c exclaiming acl 11 1 fillio ma maschio allio may it be a boy the thugs of india are without doubt tho the most deroia 8 people that ever lived yet in in one respect c they are the most religious re igioia ahey they are guided by a bloody goddess od o 61 whom they servo most zealously the goddess is sui supposed posed to give her commands by omens omena and signs wn s and one of these is a sneeze one of iho the victims of the thugs with a strangling cord about his neck to suddenly awaken and utter a sneeze his life would behaved be saved the victim would barq be regarded as sacred the greek legend in regard to sneezing takes this form one day prometheus determined to make a clay statue he wished to give it life and motion so he slipped up to heaven one day while minerva Ali nerva was making a visit on earth by gliding under her wing and there stole the celestial fire which was needed to animate his clay model cho fire be ie hid in a tube which he called a narthex the end of wh which ach was scaled sealed with stars stolen from rom the milky way hastening to carto earth he blew the celestial fire into the nostrils of the clay image and as soon as the brainwash brain was reached the statue became a man and began bobbing its head up and down and gave a prodigious the astonished toni shed and delighted man maker cried out outs much good may it do you and ever afterwards words of good cheer and well wishing were uttered by mortals after a person sneezed there is a good sneezing story told of the chaste penelope who when she was one day surrounded by her borers each suing for favors prayed that her long lost ulysses might be restored to her scarce had she concluded her prayer when her eon son gave a oud aleeze the good penelope Pene lopo jumped up and screamed with dolight much lluch good may iddo you she I 1 fairly shouted for ehe she knew the lime time of ulysses return waa was close at band hand i there are however r people who do not regard sneezing as an via omen of good there is a belief among the raffers of africa and many of the celta of ireland that fairies or ancestral spirits enter the body of or a person who sneezes this belief in in fairies among the uneducated is common as the following by judge haliburton af pf nova scotia will OCo corroborate colonal lonal tydd of tho seventy sixth regiment tells mathat mo that when ho he was stationed in ireland many years ago a father and mother of the name ofAla honey were tried or murder for h having avig boiled their child under an imbres sion 1610 u that it was a fairy child the poor fellow wa was a a delicate b i whom nothing co could ild apparent apparently res restore tore to health A fairy mother mothe they thought had bad evidently stolen stole th heir healthy infant and substituted her own starveling in its place to orco her to restore their property to them they put a pot of water on tho ho fire and when it was boiling immersed tho the unfortunate child which was four or five years of age in n the scalding water in vain his screams were beard heard asbe cried out im pm johnny mahoney im the rale johnny Maho neyl im not the fairy child but the fairy mother T ther did not listen to her childs cues nor lor save him from his terrible fate ate by bringing back the health healthy y johnny mahoney accordingly ho the parents were arrested and tried forthe or the crime they had committed and their belief in fairies did not kielp 1 them thern any when to sneeze or where to sneeze seems to have been a matter matte of moment among the ancients according toa to aristotle ri sneering from noon to midnight is good an and from night fco to noon the reverse and anoch another learned declares if any 0 one no sneeze for three nights in succession cession it may why be ba taken as n sign that some one may die in the house or that some other calamity ie is close cloe at hand in lancaster Lanc aeter the old folklore will have it that much depends on tho the day when tho the sneeze is uttered en rn mond monday ahyou a sneeze for dall daller dr sneeze on tuesday you kiss a stranger ge r sneeze on wednesday you ou sneeze for a letter sneeze on thursday lor for better sneeze on friday fiill sneeze for sorrow sneeze neezer en on saturday your sweetheart to sneeze on sunday your safety geol k the devil will a have yoi ho ilao reit of the boek voe r in the edth oenar oca tury there livell at rome one Faini ailus str St der who was as a professor profet mr of rhe rhetoric torie in the Gregor gregorian iao college awl unious hia hla to literature i is s an elaborate work on the subject of sneering n ha studied the subject su abject thoroughly and rind relates that one fc died in a fit of sneezing expiring at the ali Q fourth sneeze milton the grand old poet of paradise lost says harmless if not as a sneeze and dean swift in relating ako t ha adventure adventures of o 0 bag has it that the noso nose waa with a straw which made him sneeze vio that there 13 a VJ grolier taio and place to 0 za u 1 ret when and where it can bo profitably 1 done ia is evidenced by the conduct t of a poor and friendless young ensign of tho the englich army ho ile was once at ten tending ng a grand ball and atoo d near a fat duchess she bently uttered an on enormous sneeze in fact a snort calculated to 1 bring ring i upon apon her the ridicule of the assembled guests the young ensign took in in ille the situation re echoed the refrain and grasping his nose as if to ahr throttle ottle the sneeze rushed from the room leaving the guests to suppose that he be was the offe offender the n next e at day he be received a captains commission from the duchess Dac bess husband with a lin line from efrom the madame that it was an ill sneeze that did nobody any good sneezes dezes have been from ancient g ti interpreted favorably it has always been believed that cupid sneezed whenever a beautiful girl was born which was the mode modo of returning thanks to venus thus speaking ofa of a beautiful manthe wo poet said the lover had sneezed at her birth the sweet little po poem em of acme and expresses the idea beautifully acme then her head reflecting reflect ine kissed her sweet youths eyes with her rosy lips connecting looks that glistened with replies althus my life my serves my love our only master ono aarm love hood flood seems to thrill arll bs ft it not in me the faster Sh S eaid emaid and as before loyo yve on the the left hand aptly sneezed the omen showed that he was pleased to give bis his blessing unwilling that effort spasmodic or otherwise connected with the human body should be lazed by common folks consider sneezing as a disease or symptom accompanying 1 certain ailments it is associated with whooping cough the bugbear of childhood asthma gout it is not infrequently reque nt of hysteria by steria and burz ing pregnancy not infrequently says barnes takes the place of the morning indi n Ing sickness all agree that sneezing is ia caused by some slight impressio non the fifth nerve A catarrhal condition of the mucous m membrane inmost common angway be called the foster brother b of the hay fever the medical men treat sneezing by a strong impression on the fifth nerve a must ard poultice on the back of the neck ne or an on emetic sometimes I 1 chirot creosote 9 a and nd iodine va vapors pors are given and iid dipping the head in cold water is zealously prescribed by old women religious opposition to the custom of saluting people when they sneezed arose among the anabaptists in the beginning odthe of the last century they declared clarea de it was a pagan custom and would have none of it among the faithful yet a few years before that good goo d arid and quaint old man montaigne declared let us give an honest welcome to this sort of wind for it comes from the bead head and is blameless tradition has it when caesar was on the brink brinkl odthe of the rubicon lie he sneezed and regarding it as a favorable omen crossed it those dhove ivl iove read reid xenophone memorabilia alem arab orab ilia of the career and habits of socrat remember that socrates claimed he wa was inspired ed by a demon or spirit to whom he owed all his w wisdom sd OM plutarch says that the demon always sent him characteristic warnings by means of sneezes |