Luck Flows Out

by Kathleen Bishop

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Luck Flows Out

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Kathleen Bishop

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A row of rusty horseshoes hang upside down from the butt and pass corner of a weathered log cabin ruin in the desert of Northern Utah.

Traditionally, horseshoes are hung with the heel facing up to fill with good luck. If a horseshoe is hung with the heel facing down, luck spills. Some are of a mind that all the good luck spilling from the horseshoe will be lost and gone forever, but others believe good luck will flow out from the horseshoe onto visitors and family who enter the home. I’ve decided to go with that one!

The legend of lucky horseshoes can be traced back through centuries. Its origin is controversial – some say it began in the 8th Century when Chaldeans equated the horseshoe's crescent shape with moon goddesses, hence horseshoes provided protection against the curse of the evil eye.

Others believe the legend of the lucky horseshoe started with St. Dunstan, a 10th Century saint living in Glastonbury. There are several twists on the tale of St. Dunstan and the devil, and it is fascinating reading, but here is the simple version: One night, the devil came calling at the door of St. Dunstan’s hut. St. Dunstan grabbed the devil by the nose with red-hot tongs and proceeded to bang horseshoes on the devil’s cloven hooves. This caused the devil to howl with pain. St. Dunstan agreed to remove the nails from Satan’s hooves if the devil would promise never to enter a house with a horseshoe nailed above the door.

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January 4th, 2019

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