When I was a teenager, I saw a picture of an item the Puritans used
during their chruch services.  This device was a long handle with a
feather on one end and a wooden ball on the other.  This item would be
carried by an usher who walked up and down the isles.  The Puritans
were required to sit in church for the entire day on Sunday.  If a
woman would start to nod off and fall asleep, the usher would tickle
her on the chin with the feather.  If a man fell asleep, he would be
struck on the head with the wooden ball.  When I saw this, I wondered
how many lumps that I would have following a Sunday service because I
had always had a tendency to nod off during a church service.  It
wasn't until many years later that I found out why I was getting
drowsy and nodding off in church.  It was because of the indoor
pollutants that are in a church.  Many woman would use an excessive
amount of perfume.  There was mothball residue, hair spray, after
shave lotion, dry cleaning fluid residue, and second hand cigarette
smoke that would cling to peoples clothes.  The result of these indoor
pollutants was that my sinuses would react and I would become very
drowsy.  I had the same problems when I had to attend meetings where
there was heavy second hand cigarette smoke.  In fact, I was fired
from one job when I started to nod off during a business meeting.