Salutations in Other Lands.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVI, Issue II, 12 January 1901, Page 73

Salutations in Other Lands.

It is the custom in Morocco to ride at full speed towards a stranger like a charging enemy, and when close by to suddenly fire a revolver over the stranger's head, a mode which would be anything but reassuring to the uninitiated. In Southern Africa people greet each other by rubbing tors. In Lapland they rub noses. The Turk bows profoundly with his arms folded pacifically across his breast. The Egyptian anxiously asks, “How do you perspire?” and drops his hand to his knee. The Chinese bow low and politely ask. “Have you eaten?” In Spain they say, “God be with you. sir,” or “How do you stand?” In Erance they bow and say, “How do you carry yourself?” In Germany, “How goes it with you?” is the regular greeting.