Tuesday 5 October 2021

Lucky Charms.


I'm not a great believer in lucky charms, but I do always keep a few around me.

On this particular key ring, I have a wild boar tusk that I found in the woods, one of my daughter's earrings from when she was about 14, and JOAN THE WAD (bottom middle).


Joan the Wad is the Cornish Queen of the Piskies (not pixies), and bringer of good luck.

Before embarking on any 'adventure', a light rub of her tummy is ensured to ward off any evil, that might otherwise disrupt you.

She's helped me so far; I'm not getting rid of her!

 

33 comments:

  1. That bunch of keys could prove dangerous if you fall into water. You could easily sink to the bottom.

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    1. It also contains several mysterious keys. I have no idea what they are!

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    2. Maybe one of them is the key to the meaning of life...

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  2. Nice charms. I have a miniature Yoda on one of my keyrings.

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  3. I've got a few lucky charms, including the head of garlic hanging over the gate, blue eyes hanging in the car and naturally enough a few crosses and mother and child that orthodox people here cannot move without.
    My favourite charm is an old earing, only one left, of an angel. I always ask her for 'fair winds' and 'safe roads' before starting out on a journey

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    1. That sounds a bit like my daughter's one earing, it always brings good luck.

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  4. Stones with holes are called Hag Stones and I have some hanging outside my kitchen door to ward off evil spirits. I also have a horseshoe found on the banks of the Thames.

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    1. I have one Hag Stone here (from Brighton Beach) that is attached to the pool thermometer.

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  5. Carrying a shark tooth on a chain around used to be popular here in the seventies. You were held in great respect if you extracted it yourself from a live shark.

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  6. I don't carry any lucky charms. Perhaps I should reconsider.....

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  7. We need all the help we can get!

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  8. I have no lucky charms but several one earrings, I might just have found a use for them, thanks.

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    1. One on every key ring. They'd bring back memories if nothing else.

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  9. I do not have a key ring. Maybe it's time to find something like this. I need some luck.

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  10. I have 'Nip' the old RCA victor dog, with his head cocked listening to his master's voice. I got him in my 20s while I was in the Army. I have a small sun trinket. And keys.

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    1. Is that a miniature Nipper, on a key ring? Sounds really nice.

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  11. I don't really believe in luck and yet like most of us I darn't say I don't - I just have to keep fingers crossed. I have a mule shoe I picked up high in the mountains above Marrakesh many years ago - bit big to go on my key ring though.

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    1. I have a very small 'Horse-shoe' that a friend gave me many years ago; I wonder if it could be a Mule-shoe? I'd never thought about it.

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  12. Not exactly lucky charms but, I don't feel dressed if my trusty pocket knife isn't in my right pants pocket.

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    1. I, too, am a pocket knife carrier. Mine is a No 8 Opinel, which is always there.

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  13. Touch wood, I've never been superstitious.

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    1. I'm not either, because it always brings bad luck.

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  14. Years ago at the art college in Berea Kentucky I bought a key "ring" that was a half circle with a ball screwed onto one end for the addition/subtraction of keys and featuring a cast cat as a charm. I came out of a meeting in the dark one night and discovered the ball was gone, and so were my keys. After stepping on one, I found some of my keys near my car. I found the car key to drive home. Next day I found a key ring and put on the keys I'd found, along with the cat I'd recovered. That cat has been with me for the last forty years!

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    1. Losing keys, or a wallet, is horrible. Your lucky cat saved the day.

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  15. When I was a young child, I found the "Key to Heaven", at least that was what was printed on it. I think it was/is silver, and was fairly ornate. When I found it I really thought I could somehow use it to get into heaven. I didn't mention it to anyone until I came across it in my jewelry box years and years later and I showed it to my husband, who was raised in a Catholic family, and I asked him what he thought it was. He thought it may be some sort of Catholic medal. I still have it, so I will be ready when the door to Heaven appears.

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    1. It sounds like something that would have been given to children in exchange for church attendance. A bit eerie.

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