The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-10
Forms OF saluiation.

We compile from severa. articles before
us the forms OF salutation in different coun-
tiles.
Barrow, in his Travels in China, relates
that The common salutation in the southern
provinces Of that country among the lower
orders, is "Ya Fan?"-"Have you eaten
your rice?"
Among the people Of Cairo, where dry
hot skin is the certain indication Of de-
sructive epidemic fever, the not uncomon
salutations is "How do you sweat Pen ex-
preston OF friendly solicitude tantamount 10
our own "How is your healthf"
A correspondent OF the Ladies' Repository,
writing from Vienna, says:
The gentlemen kiss each other, on meet.
ing, as our fair sex do at home; and we
have more shan once enjoyed hearty laugh,
| in our sleeves On meeting some firrcely
whiskered and mustached friend, and sub
milting to his hugs and kisses, and my
dears," before the promenaders.
A peculiarly oil the Virnnrse, is the mul-
tilude ofglet tings which they u.s. in sauta-
tions, whether on the promenade, in the
social circle, or in daily intercourse. II
wish that you have had good dinner" is
by far the most usual sdInalionafler dinner,
instead of ''good afternoon" II they meet
you before dinner, an hour or two, the salu-
tation is usually,M wish you may have IA
good dinner" This is common among bu-
siness men. We have seen "a gentleman
enter counting house full Of clerks, silent
and busyat theirdesks, and excite them all by
wishing they may have good dinner. instead
Of simply saying good morning. In the
the dinner party, the rrpast being ended 10
rise, shake hands all roun |, and express the
wish TO each other that no ill effects may
be experienced from the dinner. The part
ing salutstion al night is infinitely more ex-
pvssive than our good night" The Ger
men says "Alay YOU sleep,"-"A pleasant
repose, >" pleasant dreams." Their good
by" is alwaysa strong FAREWELL Ltben Sic
lcohp-May you live well. The Hollunders
say "Hoe uaart aloc9'-How do you sail?
An author has observed, in contrasting the
grave Spaniard with the light-heurled Frenc-
man, that the proud steady gait and infexi.
Bile solemnity Of the former, were expressed
in his mode Of salutation, "C'ome sta ?"-
"How stand you :" Whilst the "Commenl
uoug portcz vous Pillow do you carry
yourself ?"-Was equally expressive of the
gay mo ion and incessant action Of the lat
ter.
In New Guinea when friends met, the,
salute by laying leaves upon one anotherI
heads. Considering the excessive heat o
the suns rays in that county, may not thi'
greeting convey, in very delicate and poet
icsl manner. something similar TO the no
unusual expression in our Northern climat,
of"Tll stand between thee and harm /" Ii
Ethiopia, where The sun is likew ex
tremely ardent, one friend takes the robe G
another and ties it about himself, so Us I
leave him almost naked-a mode of salutH
! tion which, we again conjecture, may e,
{ press the willingness Of the sslutating pei
son to bear any extreme Of hardship for th
y, sake of his friend.
LaplSnlers apply their noses strongl
o against the person they salute and in Ola
" heite they rub their noses together whe
greeting.
In the Straits Of the Sound they raise II
left foot OF the person they salute, passir
: it gently owe, the right leg, and thence ov'
f the face. The islanders, living near Il
n Philippines, have similar custom; ar
" the inhabitants ol the Philippines Der
/ very low, plucing their hanls upon the
t cheeks, and raise one foot in the air, wi
O the knee bent.
# The Japanese take of'a slipper, and Il
people OF Arpcan theirsdndals in The stree
u and their stockings in the house, when th'
a alute.
e The inhabilans Of Greenland have
"a lorms Of saluia,io, and laugh ut then idea
= one person being inferior TO Snother.