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5 The aged, 



6 Noseless and blind persons, 



7 People with clotted hair, 



8 People covered with mud, 



9 A gossip, or one given to nonsensical talk, 



10 Empty pitchers, 



11 Dried wood ( faggots ), 



12 Noisy and quarrelsome people, 



1 3 Red flowers, 



14 Red garments. 



Amongst the Sinhalese or Malabars, any person sneezing sud- 

 denly before commencing aoy work, taking any food or drink, 

 or starting on a journey, allows a short interval to elapse 

 before he begins his undertaking. But according to the follow- 

 ing stanzas, extracted from a Medical Miscellany, it appears 

 that in every case a sneeze from every person cannot be con- 

 sidered as prognosticating an omen of ill : — 



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 Translation. 



Observe the sneezing of a healthy person. The sneezing of deli- 

 cate or lean persons and that of cattle forebodes death. Regard not the 

 sneezing of the aged, sufferers from disease of the nose, and children. 



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Translation. 



Sneezing from the 



East forebodes want of success; 

 South-east, death; 

 South, destruction or ruin; 

 South-west, calamities; 



