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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNEEZE AT»
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Don't
Sneeze at the Wedding:
Anna is excited to be the flower girl at her aunt’s wedding, but that morning she wakes up and . . . “AH-CHOO!” “Don’t sneeze at the wedding!” everyone warns her, but will their remedies work?
Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication Data Davis, Marcia S, 1965–
Nothing to Sneeze At: Main Dishes for People with Allergies / by Marcia S Davis.
p.cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-257-07076-3 Dedication For my husband, Bill
Holm ...
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Miscellaneous Essays Relating to Indian Subjects
Sneeze not Sneeze at or make sneeze Do not sneeze at or make sneeze Cause
him to sneeze at or him to be made or to make to sneeze Cause not, &o. Do thou
make me sneeze, &c. Cause me to be made to sneeze, &,c. Do not sneeze at ...
Brian Houghton Hodgson, Reinhold Rost, 1880
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
Sneeze not Sneeze at, or make sneeze _ Do not sneeze at or make sneeze
Cause him to sneeze at or him to be made or to make to sneeze Cause net, &c.
Do thou make me sneeze, 6w. _ Cause me to be made ~to sneeze,_&c. Do not ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1858
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Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!
Big Bear thinks that his tremendous sneezes are causing the leaves and apples to fall off the trees and the geese to fly away, but when the wind finally convinces him otherwise, he knows what to do.
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
Although rider fares do not even come close to covering costs, they are nothing to
sneeze at. —The Washington Post (3/2/2011) Pressure in the Earth surely isn't
anything to sneeze at. That's perhaps one of the lessons of the oil spill caused by
...
Forestall a sneeze at a critical moment (such as a priest's blessing over a
newlywed couple) by pressing your extended index finger flat and firmly against
your upper lip, just under your nostrils. This technique really works, but only
temporarily.
Do not sneeze at anyone. 4. Do not cough or sneeze at all when anyone is near
you, unless you cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief. 5. Do not spit on
floors at home or in public places. 6. Do not fail to admonish the careless spitter.
Chicago School of Sanitary Instruction, 1922
1048. If the youngest in the family sneezes at the breakfast table on Sunday
morning, a death will follow. 1049. A sneeze at the table is a sign of death. 1050.
If you sneeze at the table when your mouth is full of food, there will be a death.
1051.
Daniel Lindsey Thomas, Lucy Blayney Thomas, 1920
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Folk-lore from Adams county, Illinois
Sneeze before breakfast and you will cry before dinner. To sneeze three times in
succession before breakfast means good luck. it is an omen of bad luck to
sneeze on three separate occasions before breakfast. If you sneeze at the table,
you ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNEEZE AT»
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Mystery man slaps shoppers around head for sneezing
In that incident, an 82 year-old woman who had just sneezed was slapped over ... When you think about it, it is really awful because anyone can sneeze at any ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
On The Internet, A Penny Is Nothing To Sneeze At
It's hard to find anything in a store that costs 1 penny. There is one place where people still dream of 1 cent sales: the Internet. NPR's planet money team reports ... «NPR, May 14»