[Cz-L] Fear of drafts

Hardy, you have just solved a long-standing mystery for me! My
Czernowitzer father was forever closing windows in our New York City
apartment. My Philadelphia-raised mother would open them to get some
fresh air into the house; my father would come home from work and
immediately close them, concerned that there might be a draft. I
could never understand the basis for this concern until you wrote
about "Schiefer Mund" and the prevailing fear of a "Zug". Thanks!
You never know how a good current of information can open a window of the mind!

Jessica Falikman Attiyeh, San Diego, California

>Facialis is a weakness of the facial nerve wich makes one face corner drop.
> In Czernowitz it was called Schiefer Mund and provoked by air currents.
> Therefore you should never let a window or a door open to prevent
> bad air currents.
> Whenever a current was percepted somebody exclaimed :"Es zieht "
> that is a draft was prevailing and immediate measures were taken.
> Some attributed this situation to the evil eye but these were the old and
> superstitious.
> The more emancipated knew the real cause :
> " Er hot gechapt a Zug" (he caught a draft).
>Hardy
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