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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 07:52:37 +0800
Subject: RE: [agathiyar] Latest Podi .... Re: deep breathe
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At 10:30 PM 2/9/02 +0530, you wrote:
>I seem to have lost the thread of the discussion..what is it all about
>Lavanya?
You must get Lavanya to answer that:-)
>
>And while on the subject of 'podi', where did mooku podi originate? could be
>one of the first tobacco producing countries?
The Amerindians were smoking tobacco. It was a sign
of peace and tranquility.
Warring parties used to smoke together when they
wanted to make peace. This was known as the peace pipe.
Europeans picked up smoking from them. Sir Walter Raleigh
came smoking to Queen Elizabeth's court. Somebody threw
a bucket of water and dowsed him, shouting, 'Sir Walter
is on fire!"
Snuff came into fashion soon after that.
It was 'The Fashion' during the Hanoverian rule.
A snuff box was a sign of esteem and social status.
There was a very refined way of sniffing the
snuff and sneezing.
It was taken as a pinch with the right hand.
Only the thumb and the tip of the fore-finger were
used.
The left palm was held with the thumb jutting out
at right angles to the palm. It was held stiff.
In that position, two of the extensor tendons
would stand out. There will be a depression between these
two tendons.
The pinch of snuff is placed in that depression.
The hand is then held over the nostril and then....zzzzrrfff.
You take out a hanky and suppress and stiffle the sneeze.
If you want to enjoy the snuff fully, you emit a
series of explosive sneezes.
Then you look around at the world through your
bleary teary eyes.
You fffeeeeeellll the sensation of cobwebs clearing
away, dissipating, vapourizing, vanishing from your
thinking aparatus.
Haah!
That was an art and a ritual.
The depression of the hand came to be known as the
'Anatomical Snuff Box'. Cocaine users seem to be following
that technique now.
>I observe snuff was considered fashionable among college students,
>musicians, Mylapore lawyers and their gumaastas once.
It was introduced by the Europeans and it became
a fashionable and classy thing. Educated people who
were involved in a lot of brain work used snuff more
profusely than others. Thus it became a sign of the
intellectuals also.
But among Tamils, chewing tobacco was more
prevalent than sniffing snuff. The last was cigar smoking.
Cigarette and beedi changed that.
Who can forget the famous three -
T.A.S. Rathinam Pattanam Podi
Tha Pi Chokkalaal Raam Sate Beedi
Nijaam Lady Pugaiyilai.
Sniffing something in the form of snuff was already
practiced in Indian Medicine. It was a form and method
of administering medicine.
Certain medical stuff were powdered and used as snuff.
This was known as 'Naasika ChuurNam'.
Any further things on snuff, Suresh might put up
some links.
He seems to be 'The Lord of the Links'.
Regards
JayBee
I've observed old
>ladies in Thangachchimadam smearing it on their teeth like tooth powder,
>once in a while..
>
>Is snuff banned in Malaysia and Singapore?
>
>anbudan,
>EraMurukan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nchokkan [mailto:nagas_baan@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 5:13 PM
> To: agathiyar@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [agathiyar] Latest Podi .... Re: deep breathe
>
>
> அன்புள்ள டாக்டரையா,
>
> > நாகசுப்பிரமணியனுக்கு இருப்புக் கொள்ளவில்லையாக்கும்.
> > நாகசுப்பிரமணியனுக்கு:
> >
> > கூக்குரலாலே கிடைக்காது - இது
> > கூகிலில் தேடியும் அடையாது - அந்தத்
> > தேடலில் ஒன்றுமே பெயராது.....
> >
>
> அதெப்படி லபக்கென்று சரியாய்ப் பிடிக்கிறீர்கள் ?
>
> கூகிலில் ஒன்றும் பெயரவில்லை, உங்களிடம்தான் கேட்டிருக்கிறேனே, எப்படியும்
> வேண்டிய சேதி கிட்டிவிடும் என்கிற நம்பிக்கை இருக்கிறது ;-)
>
> (ஒன்றும் புரியாத மற்றவர்களுக்கு) மன்னித்துக்கொள்ளுங்கள், நம் இணையப்பெரிசு-வின்
> சமீபத்திய 'பொடி'யாக்கும் இது !
>
> என்றும் அன்புடன்,
> நாக சுப்ர மணியன். சொ.
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