Re: [Cz-L] Salmiakgeist.

Are these the same like the famous "smelling salts" mentioned in gothic
novels?
Lucca
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From: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
To: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:56 AM
Subject: [Cz-L] Salmiakgeist.

> If somebody was going to faint he would first declare :
> " Ich chalesh awek ".
> Then somebody would bring the bottle of ammonia we called
> Salmiakgeist open it and let him sniff.
> He usually came around.
> Have you ever smelled concentrated ammonia ?
> Hardy
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