Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

 AH>  Ex-Brits may say "knock on wood", but the meaning is
 AH>  the same.  The objective is to frighten off evil spirits
 AH>  who enjoy messing with success.

 AK>  Do you spit over your left shoulder? ;)


           Sounds like quite a feat... I'm not sure I could pull that off.  But
Dallas has just reminded me of another British tradition whereby a person who's
spilled some salt will be advised to throw it over their left shoulder....  :-)




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