Lucky Horsestioe: The curious custom of nailing up a horseshoe over the d(sor “for luck” is said to have originated in the days of St. Dunstan. According to legend, the famous Abbot of Glastonbury who bad some reputation in shoeing horses, was one day asked by the devil to shoe bis “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 nain. The devil roared for mercy, hut not until he promised that never again would he enter the place -where he saw a horseshoe displayed was he released.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 5
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