Note 103 — Chapter V · WORSHIP OF THE MALEVOLENT DEAD.
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A yawn is generally believed to be harmless, as it does not foretell either good or evil. Still as sometimes it results in accidental instantaneous death, the elders of a person when he yawns, exclaim, “Be long-lived! Patience! Live long!”, and the spiritually disposed repeat the name of the god of their devotion.103