Lucky
Charms…in or out?
Many
people believe in lucky charms!
And no, I’m not talking about the cereal! A real lucky charm can be anything
that brings you good luck and good fortune.
Some
common lucky charms you may have heard of are 4-leaf clovers, horseshoes,
rabbit’s foot, etc.! But realistically, people’s lucky charms range from one
end of the spectrum to the other. It doesn’t really matter what your lucky
charm is – as long as you believe
it brings you luck!
So why
does it bring you luck? Maybe someone
told you it did. For example in Braking for Bodies:
“What’s with the garlic and bottle of olive
oil?” I asked Fiona when I bumped into her, the two of us heading down the
ferry dock crowded with tourists visiting Mackinac Island. “Spaghetti for
dinner and I’m invited?”
“The devil himself in three inch
lifts is on that ferry.” Fiona growled. “And Irish Donna said garlic and holy
oil got rid of evil forces. I figured olive oil marked extra virgin was about
as holy as I could get on short notice.”
So for
Fiona the good luck charm is garlic and holy...sort of...oil to get rid of the
jerk coming in on the ferry. On more than one occasion Irish Donna gives
characters in the story her four-leaf clover necklace to protect them when they
are in trouble.
And Irish
Donna is not alone in the lucky charm department. In baseball many of the
players always stop over the base lines. Colin Farrell. Heidi Klum designed a
four-leaf clover as the logo of her clothes line and it brought nothing but bad
luck. Cameron Diaz wears a lucky horseshoe necklace given to her by a friend to
ward off old age. Tiger Woods has a red shirt that brings him luck.
Personally
I think I’m bad luck for the Cincinnati Bengals football team...I watch and
they lose. I don’t watch and they win! They should pay me not to watch the
game. I’m not a lucky person. I don’t win raffles or prizes. My grandparents
were amazingly lucky. They always came home from Vegas winners.
My
daughter felt that there was a bad vibe in her house and cleansed it by burning
sage. I have no idea if it worked but it smelled great. A friend of mine says
that his lucky charm is a special $1 bill that his kids signed on a past
birthday and he carries in his wallet.
Good luck
charms, talismans, rituals come in all shapes and sizes so my questrion to you
is do you have a lucky charm? Is there a ritual you believe in like tossing
salt over your shoulder or never walking under a ladder?
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