Ears were burning

Posted by Lotg on January 28, 2004

I mentioned to my French PF friend who had emailed me shortly after my partner and I had just been talking about him, that his ears must have been burning.

It's an old term I've heard and used many times. What are it's origins? Why would one's ears be burning if one is being discussed in their absence?

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