Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1912 — Horse Shoes for Luck. [ARTICLE]

Horse Shoes for Luck.

There are many persons who think it is lucky to find a horseshoe and they will take It home and nail it over the door to bring good luck to the house or barn or wherever it may be, although they are not always careful to have the points upwards, which they should be or the luck may spill out. If you ask one of these people why the lu<jk' should attach to the horse’s shoe more than to his bridle or bit you will probably find that they do not know anything about It. - They have always heard it was lucky and that ends it.

The superstition goes away back of the days of horseshoes as we know them now and Is really attached to the number seven. From early times many persons have thought it very lucky to find anything connected with the number because it seems to be a sacred number and is mentioned more than any other in the bible. It so happens that .a horseshoe usually has seven nail holes in it, and that is the only reason it was considered lucky. If you found one with six or eight nail holes in it it would be no more lucky than a three leaved clover.