Good luck
Stercus Tauri
Shipmate
in Heaven
What do you say brings good luck? This is not to be taken too seriously, I quickly add.
I turned up an old newspaper article reporting that aircraft mechanics in Ankara had sacrificed a camel on the tarmac in thanksgiving for the withdrawal of the last of a British aircraft that they hated (the BAe 146). I showed it to my friend who was an aircraft mechanic for Bombardier, and he told of delivering a new plane to a middle eastern airline, where the first thing their mechanics did was to smear goat's blood on its nose to bring good luck. They took it up for its first flight, and as it landed, the nosewheel strut collapsed.
Any other good luck stories or recommendations out there?
I turned up an old newspaper article reporting that aircraft mechanics in Ankara had sacrificed a camel on the tarmac in thanksgiving for the withdrawal of the last of a British aircraft that they hated (the BAe 146). I showed it to my friend who was an aircraft mechanic for Bombardier, and he told of delivering a new plane to a middle eastern airline, where the first thing their mechanics did was to smear goat's blood on its nose to bring good luck. They took it up for its first flight, and as it landed, the nosewheel strut collapsed.
Any other good luck stories or recommendations out there?
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Some years ago we decided to try a new pork roast recipe for Chinese New Year. Very tasty (fennel and rosemary), paired with an equally tasty Italian red.
Then we both came down with horrible colds.
Moral of the story: if you cook a pork roast to celebrate Chinese New Year, make sure it’s not the Year of the Pig.
Nope, it's bears!
This
Somebody call? 🐻
Possibly irate Scottish mothers were thought to be more scary than any wild animal!
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
(But I do know what you mean.)
Only in a Christianised version. Originally, it would be wood spirits. It was calling on the spirits to grant you fortune.
Wasn't it a druidic thing?
Possibly, but we know little and nothing about what druids believed or practised. What beliefs persisted or arose outwith Christianity in these isles could be of a number of origins, and probably varied considerably among the many tribes.
As @Arethosemyfeet said, it is hard to actually know what they believed. But This is what I was hinting at. We cannot know exactly what they believed but this is the origin of the belief - pre-christian.
If my mum heard that, she would say
“ Hands together”, ie in prayer.
It used to be (for boys at least) that short trousers were accepted in primary school, and long trousers for secondary, and men were then never allowed to show their legs in public.
Fortunately, this has eased. "Since I was in short trousers" means yesterday for me at the moment.