Re: [Cz-L] more on "angsts"

Just to throw some light on the superstition of chewing cotton while sewing
on yourself, or someone else sewing on you, an ultra-orthodox colleague gave
me an explanation recently.

She believes it's because the only time one should be sewn into anything is
after one's passing when being sewn into the shroud.

To acknowledge "lehavdil" (that it's a different situation - and the
difference between the holy and the mundane) and that one is alive and well,
one chews on something during this process.

Incidentally, her origins are in Poland and she believes it's a global
Eastern European superstition, not a uniquely Czernowitzer one.

Miriam Suss
Melbourne Australia

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