| So great was the relief which
Rome experienced by this suppression of Jerusalem and the Jews, that the
toast became common at Roman feasts, "Hierosolyma Est Perdita," "Jerusalem
is destroyed," the guests immediately greeting it with the shout Hurrah.
This is the origin of our "Hep! Hep! Hurrah," H, E, P, being the
abbreviation of the three words, formed by their initial letters (on the
principle known as Notarica, or Notricon). To this day Hep
or Hip is said by only one person, the rest joining in the shout
which greets it |
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