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Originally Posted by maianhvk
And what were you doing with wood?
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It's a European superstition... for good luck.
Americans will 'knock wood' (actually knock or tap something made of wood.)
Brit's and Aussies will 'touch wood' (actually touch it.)
It's also permitted just to say the words, in hopes that this will work as well, but I don't like to take chances. I look for real wood to use... which isn't always so easy in this day and age of synthetics...
You might have been knockin' on Formica, baby
When you shoulda been knockin' on wood!
A wood nymph spoke to me from a Birch tree
And suddenly I understood...
Stitchawl