The idea is that the fact that some of the habits we do or people do were developed for a reason. Then the reason was over and the habit continued to happen.
To make my it I'll start. I've five habits to tell you from where they came.
Sunglasses
The first habit is the habit of wearing sunglasses. People usually wear sunglasses to protect their eyes from the sun, sometimes to show off or sometimes for no reason. But when the Chinese invented sunglasses in the twelfth century or maybe earlier their was another reason. Sunglasses were made for the judges. So the judge in a Chinese court would wear these dark glasses to hide his reactions and his eyes language while questioning the witnesses.
Raising The Right Hand While Swearing in Court
Another habit is the habit of raising the right hand while swearing especially in western societies. When they swear they say, I swear to God that …. Why do they raise the right hand? Because in the past anyone would commit a crime would get branded on his balm. Do you know what is it to brand? It's using a hot iron to make a burn on the skin as a sign. so any witness would be asked to raise the right hand to know whether he is a good person or he was a criminal one day.
The Military Salute
The third point is military salute. There are two theories about this. One theory is about Roman soldiers. They were pretending that their leaders were shining. They said that there was a strong light coming from their superiors so they were shading their eyes from that intense light. Another theory says that when to fighters meet each other they would raise the visor of the helmet with the right hand as kind of saying hey, that's me. Don't fight.
Hitting Glasses Before Drinking Wine
Also the habit of hitting glasses before drinking wine for non-Muslim people. Before they drink, they say cheers and then they hit the glasses. Why? Because In the middle ages it was easy to kill anyone by adding poison to his drink. So people made a habit that everyone pours some of his drink in the other's glass to show that there is no poison.
High Heels
The last habit is high heels. You know high heels of course. wearing High-heeled shoes was a habit for both men and women. It started in France in the eighteenth century. The purpose was protecting clothes from getting dirty. By the time it became a special fashion only for ladies.
At the end I would say that it is really interesting when you see a habit to look for the story behind it. To ask,
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