Quote Originally Posted by 10buckstew View Post
There was military leader who insisted that jackets be made with superflous buttons along the cuff to discourage soldiers from wiping their noses on their sleeves.... an historian on this site could probably provide the name--Napoleon?
At any rate, this very same subject came up the other day when I was teaching an insurance class (strange coincidence), and several people said they had them, out of perhaps 25 in the room, maybe three or four. (flu season)

I myself had horrible allergies as a young man, and in springtime I carried hankys, tissue, or bandanas in both sleeves, and socks.

--P.S. On a side note;

Happy to say, after trying everything else, I tried a Chinese traditional medicine practitioner, who gave me some stinky tea; I went through a one gallon batch and got relief, when it came back I drank another batch and have not had allergies for some twelve years now, so for the time being--my sleeves are empty.
can I get his name and number?