Touch Wood Web » wood http://touchwoodweb.com Life considerations Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Pagan belief http://touchwoodweb.com/2009/08/pagan-belief/ http://touchwoodweb.com/2009/08/pagan-belief/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:10:52 +0000 touch http://touchwoodweb.com/?p=5 According to an ancient pagan belief, touching or knocking on wood wards off evil spirit, another belief is that good spirits reside in some trees, mainly Oak, and so touching or knocking the wood ensures that you are protected against misfortune & danger as the spirits on hearing your knock will come to your help.

In fact no tree was more sacred throughout Europe than the Oak and newlyweds would dance around it for luck.

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