The curious custom of nailing up a horse-shoe over the door "for luck" is said to have originated in the days of St. Dunstan. According to legend, the famous Abbot of Glastonbury, who had some reputation in shoeing horses, was one dav asked by the devil to shoe his "single hoof." Knowing full well the identity of the crafty one, Dunstan tied him to a wall and then purposely put him to a lot of pain. The devil roared for mercy, but not until he promised that never would he enter the place where he saw a horse-shoe displayed was he released.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19163, 21 November 1927, Page 11
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102Untitled Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19163, 21 November 1927, Page 11
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