What would you use a horseshoe for? Probably
to shoe a horse, to play a game with or not anything in particular. The
horseshoe is possibly the most common good-luck symbol in use today. If
you take a closer look you might just find that some people still put them
on or above their front door, and you will also find many greeting cards
with horseshoes on.
Horseshoes were originally made of iron, and iron was supposed to give protection against witches, fairies and devils. If you find a horseshoe consider yourself a very lucky person (especially nowadays when they are so hard to find!), but you must follow a ritual to get the good luck. You must pick up the horseshoe with your right hand, spit on one of the ends of the horseshoe and make a wish. Then throw it over your left shoulder, and leave without looking back to see where it landed.
If you are going to put a horseshoe on your front
door, remember never to put it with the opening down, then the shoe will
loose it's luck!
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