It is not mentioned in The Bible, it is in the catholic bible, it was used for wiping Jesus face.
There is no tradition about a folded napkin.
Nowhere can it be found because this is NOT a Hebrew tradition.
Typically, the folded napkin is placed on the left side of the place setting, either on the plate or next to the fork.
A folded napkin is often folded into a right triangle, but that's all I got. Sorry!
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If placed on the table the napkin always goes to the right of the plate, but also can be folded and placed inside an empty wine glass.
because they waste their worthless lives folding napkins
A folded napkin is often folded into a right triangle. The corners of walls can be shaped like a right angle.
For general place settings, the napkin is usually place on the left of the plate. This works with cloth or in more informal settings paper napkins. In some settings a cloth napkin is decoratively folded and placed in a glass, or directly in front of the plate. It is also acceptably for it to be folded neatly and placed on the plate. For more information on table settings and napkin folding, please see the related links below.
At a formal dinner setting the napkin is commonly placed across the dinner plate at the beginning of the meal. In some settings the napkin is folded and placed to the left of, and is some cases beneath the forks. At breakfast and again at luncheon the napkin is folded (sometimes artfully) to the left of the place setting. At an informal or family style dinner the napkin may be tucked into a napkin ring and placed either on or to the left of the plate. At a buffet the napkins are found folded on the buffet table in proximity to the flatware. At good restaurants and dinner parties napkins are appearing artfully folded on the dinner plates, above the setting and on occasion in the wine glass. This is the only time the napkin is found on the right of the place setting. During a seated meal your napkin should be a placed across your lap, never tucked into your collar or waistband. When leaving the table during dinner your napkin should remain on your chair until your return when it is replace on your lap. At the end of a formal dinner, as everyone is leaving the table the napkin is placed loosely to the left of the place setting.
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Napkins can either be twisted neatly and placed in a fancy wine glass or water glass or, the napkin can be folded and laid to the right of the place with the knife on top.