假如你打三次噴嚏民間故事

It was once believed that a person was in great danger when he

sneezed _ people imagined that the soul could escape from the

body at the moment of sneezing. "God bless you" was a prayer for assistance in keeping the soul where it belonged.

The German word "Gesundheit" (good health) is a variation of his prayer; the "Irish deiseal" and the Italian " felicita" are similar prayers. The Hindus say a word that means "live", and when a Mohammedan sneezes, he praises God.

The Zulus of South Africa, far from being afraid of sneezes, believe that a sneeze signifies a friendly spirit‘s blessing. Whenever a child sneezes, they shout "Grow!"hopping the friendly spirit that stimulate the sneeze will help the child grow tall and strong . The ancient Hebrews also believed that a sneeze was good__ a sneeze indicates life; the dead never sneeze.

The Japanese say that if you sneeze once, someone is saying good things about you; if you sneeze twice, bad things are being said about you; if you sneeze three times, you have caught a cold.

譯文

人們相信，當一個人打噴嚏時，他便大膽臨頭——人們曾認爲，靈魂可能在打噴嚏的一剎那逃出軀體。“願上帝保佑你”便是一句祈求救助，使靈魂不脫離歸屬之處的禱告語。

德文字Gesundheit（健康）就是這句禱告語的變體；愛爾蘭語的deiseal和意大利語的felicita也是類似的祈禱詞。印度教信徒們口占一詞，，那意思是“活着。”當一個穆斯林打噴嚏時，他就在讚美上帝。

南非的祖魯族人，對打噴嚏一點也不害怕。他們相信，一個噴嚏便意味着一位友好神靈的祝福。一個孩子無論何時打噴嚏他們都大聲嚷道：“快長吧！”他們希望那促成噴嚏的有號神靈佑助這孩子長得高大健壯。古希伯來人也相信噴嚏是好兆頭——噴嚏意味着生命；死者是從來不打噴嚏的。

日本人說，假如你打一次噴嚏，那是別人在說你的好話；如果你打兩次噴嚏，那是別人在說你的壞話；設若你打三次噴嚏，那你就是患上了感冒。