Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 166:18

מי שנשכו כלב שוטה וכו' ת"ר חמשה דברים נאמרו בכלב שוטה פיו פתוח ורירו נוטף ואזניו סרוחות וזנבו מונח על ירכותיו ומהלך בצידי דרכים וי"א אף נובח ואין קולו נשמע ממאי הוי רב אמר נשים כשפניות משחקות בו ושמואל אמר רוח רעה שורה עליו

[Failure to observe the custom of] the first water<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The washing of hands before meals implies 'the first water', as against the latter water-washing of the hands after meals, to remove any fat, grease, crumbs, from the meal. The one precedes the blessing before the meal, the other the grace after meals. Failure to wash his hands before meals caused one to eat pork. A certain innkeeper, who served both Jews and heathens, guided himself by the attitude of the guests as to 'first waters'. Once a non-conforming Jew entered, asked for a meal, without washing his hands; the innkeeper taking him for a heathen, placed pork before him (Rashi) . In our case, had Kidor washed his hands after meals, and as is usual in such a case, wiped his upper lip, the traces of his repast would not have been visible, the Rabbis would have had no clue as to how to restore their purses to themselves, and the enraged thief would not have killed his wife.');">²²</span> caused one to eat the meat of pig, [failure to use] the second water slew a person. At the end they, too, paid close attention to people's names.

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