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Luck
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To find a horseshoe in the road is a sign of good luck. Many of the poorer farm-houses of New England have a horseshoe tacked up over an outer entrance for good luck.
In times past, and those not very far removed, the object of the horseshoe over the door was to keep out the witches.
The horseshoe should be put up with the curve downward. If the open end is down, all your luck will run out.
Carry a lucky-bone, and nothing will harm you. This bone is from the head of a codfish. It is shell-like and narrow,
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