[quote="Shortie"]
This is very interesting and not something I have heard of before. I live in England and this is not something we do in our country, usually when we drop or step on a book, we pick it up place it back where it belongs and leave it at that. 

I guess in a sense though, being that we dropped or stepped on the book and then we end up picking it up, I guess we are touching it after we have dropped or stepped on it so I do wonder if that is similar or even the same?
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Oh I see. It's different actually @Shortie . We pick up the book, hold it with both our hands, touch it to our forehead, close our eyes & say sorry in mind, then touch it to our chest and finally keep it back. :)