A buckeye for luck
Does anyone else carry around a buckeye nut for luck? Has anyone else even heard of this?
I don't know how I know that buckeyes are supposed to be good luck. It's one of those things that it seems like I always vaguely knew.
I have a buckeye in the bottom of my purse, which I've carried around with me ever since a girl in my Alchemy, Magic, & Mysticism class in college passed them out as part of her final presentation. (How cool is it that I actually got to take that class, by the way?)
Just now, I was picking up the cat's toys and returning them to their basket, and found a buckeye nut on the floor. I figured it must've fallen out of my purse while I was packing for our trip, but when I went to check, my purse-buckeye was still in residence. Odd. I wonder where it came from...
This site says that "buckeyes certainly recall in miniature the idealized, smooth, beautiful, firm testicles of men." I am definitely not sure about all of that.
When I Googled "buckeye nut luck," I found this wikipedia article, which includes "A bird defecating on one's head" in the list of things that are lucky.
Maybe I should give the nut back to the cat after all...
I make my own good luck wherever I go."
i don't think the kitters should have a buckeye. while they may be considered lucky, and tasty candy is made to look like them, they are poisonous.
ReplyDeleteAh...good call! Even though I don't think he'd actually chew it, I'll put it somewhere out of his reach.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard about this. Very interesting...
ReplyDeleteI think there's somthing about buckeyes being lucky in the book Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking you should send the mystery buckeye to our old friend Dot, because she could probably use some luck over there, and she's always been a fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes, but her address doesn't seem to work anymore. :/
Buck eye trees and nuts are thought to be good luck because the trees are very tempermental and can only grow in very good soil and very good climates. Having a tree live long enough to produce the nuts was considered very lucky in early times. It's a sign of luck, prosperity and fertility. Enjoy.
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