respect your books..MYTH

I am aware of a few myths but one that i believe strongly is the one about books. Ever since i was little i was told that we must respect our books like they were gold. When i say respect i mean not throwing them on the floor, wrinkling the pages, and being careless with them. But the worst thing you can do is touch the book with your feet. I was told that if i were to ever touch a book with my feet i should touch the book and do a small prayer apologizing for touching in such a manner. Touching books with your feet is the biggest disrespectful thing one can do. The myth was that if you touched the book with your feet you would loose the knowledge that you learned from that book and bad luck with come upon you in the future. But I always see my friends throw, kick and even rip pages out of books. Even though i don't say anything when they do something like that, but every time i accidentally touch the book with my feet i feel like i must apologize. Maybe cause iv been doing it for long and i cant just give it up. And i know that a person will not loose their knowledge when touching a book with their feet but i just feel like books are something that should be kept with great care.