Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1918 — Salutation Accorded Sneeze. [ARTICLE]

Salutation Accorded Sneeze.

In France, in earlier days, a sneeze was greeted by the removal of the hat, and when the paroxysm was over the sneezer formally returned the salute of all present. In England, also, in the seventeenth century, a sneeze was saluted by the removal of the hat. Joseph Hall, bishop of Exeter, in 1627, wrote that a man no longer reckoned among his friends those who failed to uncover when he sneezed. The Siamese' have a peculiar Idea of their own thatthe gods are continually turning over the pages of the judgment book, and that when they come to the page relating to any particular person that individual invariably sneezes. Their salutation is, “May the judgment be favorable to you.”