The habit of touching wood tv hen we have boasted of good luck is a. * throwback” to the ancieilt tree worsirppers. The primitive belief was tint spirits resided' in trees, and wood was touched 16 direct 1 the attention of the tree spirit to the fact that his influence recognised. and that ho anight not feel slight* Ed ferlsag bad.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 9 May 1925, Page 10
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