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翻译: Salt is one of the subjec.

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翻译: Salt is one of the subjects around which superstitons have been built. In those early days salt was scarce. It was a precious item, too precious to be wasted.so there was a sensible reason for being careful not to spill salt. "Spilling salt"was indeed an unlucky acccident. To many people,"Spilling salt" meant sadness.This superstitons arose because tears are salty. An old belief in Norway is that enough tears must be shed to dissolve the salt that is spilled.
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Salt is one of the subjects around which superstitions have been built. In those early days salt was scarce. It was a precious item, too precious to be wasted.so there was a sensible reason for being careful not to spill salt. "Spilling salt"was indeed an unlucky acccident. To many people,"Spilling salt" meant sadness.This superstitons arose because tears are salty. An old belief in Norway is that enough tears must be shed to dissolve the salt that is spilled.
盐是个有迷信内容的话题,过去盐是稀罕物儿,特别珍贵,珍贵到了不能浪费的程度,因此小心不要泼洒是个特别注意的事儿。“把盐撒了”意味着不快,因为眼泪也是咸的,这种迷信由此产生,挪威的一个古老信条是:如果盐撒了,必须要有足量的眼泪来融化。