Bent nails in witch-bottles ward witches, nails driven into their footprints break their enchantments and scratching them with a nail deprives them of their power. The sad part is I wrote this thing, 3 years back and 2012 doomsay didn't happen, so here we are continuing the tradition in our great India.100 99 , ! Required fields are marked *. Less than two weeks later, I was rear-ended, and the car was considered a total loss. Those are really funny actually..it explains alot..LOLI best not drop my scissors and if my thread knots then that's for sure a time for argumentthat explains it totally.Jennifer. Therefore, by simulating a crossing with your crossed fingers, you could summon a good spirit to help make a wish come true. Years ago, I purchased a used car from a dealership and took it to Charlie for a quick inspection. Bird bones have also been used in divination throughout history, with a supposed soothsayer throwing the bones and reading their patterns to predict the future. Thrusting iron nails into the ground is not confined to the curing of epilepsy, indeed it finds its way into a diverse array of folk practices, all of which work the principle of a nails insertion being an application of its force & virtue. The needle was in the bed when he went to sleep. He wiped the sweat from his face the whole time as he warned to get rid of the car. And when settlers moved to America they maintained the tradition with the native turkeys. Likewise, to have a frame that is sitting on a flat surface suddenly topple forward is an ominous warning to whoever is in the photo. Birds of A Feather, Scissors should be put away during thunderstorms to decrease the likelihood that the house will be struck by lightning. Did you know that Charles Dickens' belovedA Christmas Carolreferenced the story of Dunstan shoeing the devil? He knew right off the bat that it had been wrecked at some point. 21.. A couple of things go wrong, and believers may start to look for the next bit of bad luck. But one theory holds that this superstition arises from a Christian belief in the Holy Trinity: Since a ladder leaning against a wall forms a triangle, "breaking" that triangle was blasphemous. Many people follow superstitions to attract good luck. By the way, the belief that metal could bring good luck might be part of the reason why horseshoes are also considered lucky, as mentioned above. For a superstition, the fear of Friday the 13th seems fairly new, dating back to the late 1800s. Chessie & Me, She watched and taught the girls that sang at their embroidery frames while the great silk flowers grew from their needles. Even as a child, I assumed that the white bird was an albino. So just sometime back I realized, that by mistake, one of my new shirt's button got ripped off during washing. It is possible that bad luck will settle on only one of the people represented in the still, but it's not a certainty. The Primitive Needle, Some people also talk about a "super lucky penny," which is when the date stamped on a penny you find on the street matches your year of birth. What we consider as superstitions may not be. Sheepish Designs, Storm speculated that Adolph Ruth might have been a victim of the same sniper. I have heard of a lot of those but never really gave them any heed. Hang on, don't blow out those candles! With Thy Needle & Thread, If a chair is meant to rock, be sure that someone is sitting in it while it is in motion. I paid him and went on my way, not giving his words another thought. I never read such superstitions.Take care. So I thought of getting it stitched myself. You haven't made your wish yet! Most people believe it to be Weaver's Needle, and I agree with that. Here are seven popular good luck superstitions and their weird, funny, and/or unexpected origins. Looking forward to more posts! Horseshoe nails were sometimes fashioned into rings, and in medieval France these were worn by the bride to draw favourable auspices. Black cats were worshipped by ancient Egyptians and didn't begin to be seen as symbols of bad luck until medieval times, when they became associated with witchcraft and Satan. It isn't difficult to understand the logic behind this. Wouldn't a $20 bill be even luckier? You can find lucky horseshoe symbols on coins, banners, barn doors, and more. Don't know what to do? It was never fully explained, but I gathered that the loud whack was considered to be something trying to break through from the other side with a warning to tread lightly or face the consequences. Do you know anyone who carries a rabbit's foot on a keychain or hangs one from the rear-view mirror of their car? There are several superstitions related to candles and, more specifically, their flames. If you break your needle while making a dress you will live to wear it out. Others say that luck only comes to you if you give the penny to someone else. Do you believe that those called the Sisters can help you now or in the future?, From the Confessors Manual (circa 900 CE), She who lays a table with three knives for the service of the Fates, that They may predestinate good things to those who are born there, shall do penance for two years.. I have heard about the cat too, and an owl. Better alternatives to the ring gender test. Nails also partake in no small measure of the powers ascribed to their material, which is normally iron, that heavenly metal linked in the occult mind with blood and the virtues of redness. I'm going to read this in quilt guild next meeting.Stitch night is canceled tonight, as Rachel's Grandma past away, and so did Kathryn's FIL. Related to this is an old Neapolitan tradition of sorcerous evocation employing a triangle of nails about a fire & a black-handled knife. The Japanese have a superstition that says if you cut your toenails at night (after sunset) you won't be able to be with your parents when they die. Even the conversation I had regarding selling thread only is amazingly similar. It's nice to get a wish on your birthday, sure, but what do candles on a cake have to do with good luck? A flame that seems to elongate and reach for the ceiling is also a sign that an otherworldly being is present. But when Queen Elizabeth abolished this practice, people still sought out such rings, and in Shropshire & Devonshire they made them from old coffin nails, three nails taken from three coffins from three several churchyards the old charm went. This was deliberate: while I could have done the two peaks as separate outings, I wanted to see more of the Superstitions interior. Or it could simply be that Christians would invoke the symbol as a kind of shortcut to prayer. Thanks for sharing, Jolene!The Japanese have a superstition that says if you cut your toenails at night (after sunset) you won't be able to be with your parents when they die. These include touching a piece of the broken mirror to a tombstone or grinding the mirror shards into powder. LOL. "All those uneventful days in which the 13th fell on a Friday will be ignored.". Graves are a point of contention for various people. Normally, when a white animal would appear out of nowhere, our family would brace itself for tragedy. Many trace the superstition back to a story about a farrier named Dunstan, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 959 AD. Such a sight was extremely rare, and the bird was glaringly out of place. the ability to bind one thing to another, for good or bane. I think the one about paying a friend for the scissors as to not cut the friendship is still popular - I know a few people who have done that. To avoid persecution, Christians would use secret signs to express themselves and to communicate with one another. According to folklore, breaking a mirror is a surefire way to doom yourself to seven years of bad luck. Was he trying to tell me something? A loud bang that seemed to emanate from everywhere and nowhere was the one that we learned to dread the most. There goes my stitching time this weekend. All it needs to claim a soul is for someone to open a door and allow it to enter the world of the living; rocking an empty chair is the invitation it craves. Weaver's Needle in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona, courtesy Wikipedia. The most familiar witch tradition concerning nails is their use to pierce the witchs manikin with benevolent or malevolent intent, yet there is equal tradition in using blackthorn spines, which like nails have an innate warding virtue. Which, really, is pretty weird. But the Fremont Saddle is a popular location for . RF J2B1Y7 - Weavers Needle dawn from Hilltop Trail, McDowell Mountain Regional Park, Maricopa County, Arizona. The following are a few examples of these old wives' talesseveral of which were ingrained in me from a very young age. This Fourth Nail, forged in Romany mythology by a gypsy smith, refused to temper, and on discovering its fate was to impale Christs heart the Smith fled with it, his reward being eternal life within the body of the Moon. Hargrave Jennings remarks that the English broad-arrow (), which marks out royal property, is also symbolic of the Three Nails, the prominent middle arrow signifying the Second (with feminine meanings) Person of the Trinity. There are two entities that I feel are valid clues and pertain to Weaver's Needle: 1) From above the Dutchman's mine you should be able to see a tall peak; 2) it should be to the south. I assumed that he meant that it wasn't mechanically sound, but that hadn't been his first concern. Who knew? Elsewhere, they were deemed as protective against evil & ill luck as the horseshoe itself, and Cochrane alluded that such rings were known of & used within the witch cult. Required fields are marked *. On the opposite side of the spectrum, candles also play a role in many rituals of a darker nature. Far more than three or four nails have surfaced through the years, and many tales have become attached to them, such as the one Gregory of Tours claimed was cast into the Adriatic to calm a storm & that fashioned into a bridle by St Helen for Constantines horse. Then again, another popular theory is that a fear of walking under a ladder has to do with its resemblance to a medieval gallows. So never sew sitting in the bed - the needle might enter the ribs when one sleeps. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to receive new posts by mail. Sure wish we could get some decent snow around here since that was IT so far as travels north are concerned until late spring. Intriguingly, some depictions of the crucifixion show Jesus seated upon a sedile, which is a small seat attached halfway down the crosss front to allow the genitals to be impaled by a nail, further confirming Jesus as an avatar of the Wounded or Sacrificial King of Light. That's something most children hear over and over again but it's kind of weird, isn't it? Nobody is sure where the idea of crossing our fingers for luck comes from, but there are several plausible theories. One source was an elderly gentleman who used to do minor repairs on my car out of his garage. We might add to this Odin, who by hanging from Yggdrasill died & entered the Underworlds so as to learn of otherworldly wisdom that could be mediated to the world of man. ClaudiaWollesen from Pixabay via Canva.com. While there are many variations of the legend, the . Still; there are people, like most of my extended family, who don't believe that anything happens by accident. Crucifixion & sacrifice by hanging upon a tree is not a motif exclusive to the Christian mythos, rather it is a fate met by many deathless mortals so as to grant eternal life, including Prometheus, Adonis, Apollo, Arys, Bacchus, Buddha, Christna, Horus, Indra, Ixion, Mithras, Osiris, Pythagoras, Quetzalcoatl, Semiramis and Jupiter4. But why a penny? Not that I'm someone who is oblivious to these superstitions. Always sit on the outskirts of a town and watch it for 5mins, every single time. See a pin and let it lie, sure to rue it by and by. Hi Sean a small correction for sure, but I believe the high point of the Superstition range is the even less of a climb Mount Mound in the eastern part of the range (6265 ft). Also skied maiden runs at JHMR and trucked over to Targhee one day. Your email address will not be published. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The picture frame, well very strange. The dictionary.com definition of superstitious is "a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.". The Etruscans predicted the future by watching how chickens ate their grain. Erik and I have also been frustrated by the dry conditions, so we packed up and went to the Tetons! The arrangement is that of the Awen, i.e. I moved on to the next stationary shop to get the same reply from there. It is truly a blessing when a person survives an automobile accident. This is usually thought to mean that an end to something is on the horizon. Although, we prick ourselves with the first needle of a new pack, not someone else. The thing or power being fixed by the nail to person, place or object can be manifold; even celestial powers corresponding to the time at which the nail was struck into its medium can be bound into workings. Your email address will not be published. It's interesting that people also cross their fingers when they're lying perhaps hoping for luck in not getting caught or forgiveness from God for the lie. Dropping a pair of scissors is said to warn that a lover is unfaithful. That trivial habit has become an ardent legacy from our ancestors. One time it was our cat being killed by a car the day after we heard the bang that fulfilled the warning. The Peralta trail extends for miles beyond the saddle, where many people end their hike after getting the best views of Weaver's Needle, to create longer loops. Exact same responses from shopkeeper and my exact thoughts at that time. Traditional witch Robert Cochrane recounted that a horseshoe nail dipped in spring water was considered a prime remedy to use against the little people when they grew bothersome, which relies also on the well-known enmity betwixt the Fair Folk & iron. In olden days before electric bulbs were a thing, people wouldn't do tasks involving tiny yet dangerous things (needles) at night because they're easy to get misplaced and difficult to find in dark and may cause harm. But they're even better known for something else: the legendary Lost Dutchman's Mine, a much-ballyhooed secret stash of wealth sought by daring adventurers known as "Dutch hunters." We only started to worry when the sun went down and no one had heard from him. (a speculation :D) May be I should check at agrocerystore. Remove a needle or pin from the packet and prick the recipient before giving it to them. In fact, a 2010 study found that superstitions can sometimes work, because believing in something can improve performance on a task. This is the underlying meaning of the Light-bearing, normally solar, god pinioned to the Cross, thereby fixing the Heavenly Fire into the flesh yet at the same time liberating it through Death. Before the Reformation these were wrought of gold & silver and blessed by the Monarch on Good Friday. According to their research, the earliest documented use of knocking on wood/touching wood comes from the late 1800s (for touching wood) and 1905 (for knocking on it). My only conclusion is the power of thought, mind power. Better to be safe than sorry. Proposed reasons for the superstition range from the practicalities of wielding sharp things near your hand at night, to concern that separating a nail in the darkness could attract spirits. (. If done correctly, this will ward off any soul collectors who might have been called forth. I landed on this page trying to find the reason for the shopkeepers not selling needle at night. This comment has been removed by the author. Once in a while, there would be an unpleasant episode that would bring the matter to a close. Even so, many still go out of their way to avoid crossing paths with one lest they are pulled into the darkness by the lure of the mysterious feline. Fortunately, the black cat has had its champions over the years, which has allowed it to survive and flourish despite its unfortunate reputation. The Fisher Kings wound is made by the Bleeding Lance, identified by some with the Spear of Lugh, whereas Christs is given by the Spear of Longinus, which esoteric lore attests was forged by Tubal-Cain, avatar of the witch master. To do so signifies that they are walking out of your life for good, never to return. The other day the newspapers carried an article where a guy had needle stuck in his rib. When giving scissors as a gift, the receiver should always give a little money in return, since buying the scissors will not cause the friendship to be cut. I read this early this morning and thought it was food for thought and kind of funny, too. Surprisingly, this is one of the few notions that my family did not adhere to. In Ireland, some people say that if you spit on a penny and throw it into the bushes, fairies or leprechauns will take it as payment for good luck. The safest means of avoiding such an ordeal is to simply be mindful of where one lays their hands. 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