Five times, I dunno, pirates?

[laughingacademy]

From a chapter on "Some Queer Japanese Superstitions" in The Nightless City: Geisha and Courtesan Life in Old Tokyo:
Sneezing denotes:-
Once,-Some person is secretly praising you;
Twice,-Some person is backbiting you;
Thrice,-Some person is in love with you;
Four times,-You have caught a cold.