Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I thought you were going to explain where the "Knock on Wood" superstition expression came from!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I thought you were going to explain where the "Knock on Wood" superstition expression came from!! Since you asked.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Thanks, I knew you'd explain that!! BTW I looked it up and was going to post it but you beat me to it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 and I thought it was using a baseball bat to get some ones attention CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I don't believe that explanation. You knock wood to cancel a jinx. Everyone knows that speaking a good thing aloud before it happens will cause it not happen. It will jinx it. So you knock what to prevent the jinx. You tell your buddy that you're going out with Sally Ann and, "I'm getting lucky tonight". Then you realize that because you said you were getting lucky, either Sally Ann is going to cancel the date, or maybe she's going to give you the clap. So you knock wood to prevent the jinx. There are various and sundry different types of sprites and nymphs. There are hill nymphs. There are water nymphs. And there is a malicious sprite that lives in trees. They are called wood wives. And they like to play mean jokes on humans. If they hear you talking about something good that is about to happen to you, they will make it turn out bad, just because --- well, just because. But if you knock on wood, they hear it, and are afraid that it is a axeman chopping their tree, and they immediately run back home to prevent him from cutting their tree down, so they don't have time to jinx your good luck. I have never heard anyone knocking on wood to ask for good luck. It's always after they have spoken of their good luck, to prevent something bad from happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 You didn't mention the best of the best, the Leprechauns. Watch yourself Boyo, or you might be getting a visit from the little people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Knocking on wood comes from the Druids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 We always used it as a thanks for maybe being healthy or we’ve never had a tornado etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 8 hours ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said: and I thought it was using a baseball bat to get some ones attention CB .... no, ..... that's knocking wood on wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 If there was no wood nearby we always would knock on our heads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: If there was no wood nearby we always would knock on our heads! Same joke in my family as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 12 hours ago, Alpo said: I have never heard anyone knocking on wood to ask for good luck. It's always after they have spoken of their good luck, to prevent something bad from happening. Exactly. The first would be superstition. The second is just prudent common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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