Superstition of the grossest kind is prevalent among the lower orders in every part of England, and yet the nation prides itself on its rejection of this weakness.

But according to another acceptation of the term, only such heathen customs as refer to the worship of false gods, are superstitions.

These customs remain, unfortunately, in many countries, but in some they have been Christianized.

Those who use the term superstition generically, still call the custom superstitious, from a latent and, perhaps, in some cases, unconscious impression that there is no supernatural.

Such persons commence with denying all miraculous interventions except those which are recorded in holy Scripture; and unhappily, in some cases, end by denying the miracles of Scripture.
To salute a person who sneezed with some form of benediction, was a pagan custom.