A RISKY PRACTICE.
It is curious to learn that expectoration to windward was considered unlucky among the Maldine Islanders. Even in these unromantic times such a practice, for obvious reasons, is considered risky for the expectora« tor, and is likely to provoke an incipient riot, even on a Manly steamer. To hand anything- through a ladder was considered unlucky. An anecdote is told of a ship captain who greatly offended a sailor by passing him a mug of beer through a ladder. The dread of this practice may also be said to have outgrown itself. Sneezing, too, had its place in sea superstition. Among Baltic mariners it was deemed unlucky to sneeze on Christmas Day. The Greek and Koman sailors thought a sneeze to the right hand }uck"y, to the left hand unlucky
Thermistocles is said to have conceived a good opinion of the result of a r-aval engagement in which he was about to sacrifice to the gods. Timo<heus, on the contrary, would not sail because he heard a sneeze to the left of him. • i
Shetlanders still prognosticate the weather by sneezing.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 272, 15 November 1902, Page 4 (Supplement)
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184A RISKY PRACTICE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 272, 15 November 1902, Page 4 (Supplement)
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