Horses had been round for, neatly, donkey’s years. They’re inextricably woven into the material and folklore of Britain — and plenty of nations spherical the arena, too. Right here we spherical up a couple of horsey superstitions so that you can believe…
1. By no means put on anything else new out looking or competing.
2. It’s unfortunate to rename your horse.
3. Inexperienced is an unfortunate color for equestrians — or even a inexperienced handkerchief within the making a bet ring on the races is regarded as to deliver unhealthy success.
4. Seeing one gentle gray horse is unhealthy success (except you might be along with your lover), however seeing two in combination brings excellent success.
5. A horseshoe is fortunate if hung out of doors your own home — the iron wards off evil spirits — however watch out to hold it the precise means up, in a different way all of your circle of relatives’s excellent success will drain out of it… even supposing others declare a horseshoe will have to be hung the wrong way up to prevent the satan sitting within the backside of it, in order that’s a difficult one…
6. A bridegroom will have to elevate a horseshoe in his pocket to make sure a contented marriage.
7. The shoe of a two-year-old filly positioned on your butter churn will prevent witches stealing your butter. (An issue I’m certain many people proportion…)
8. A horse neighing out of doors your door approach your circle of relatives gets ill. (This is usually a drawback in case you stay your horses at house…)
9. Piebalds are fortunate, skewbalds are unfortunate.
10. You will have to do 13 plaits for geldings and 12 for mares…
11. …Even though others imagine it will have to all the time be a fair choice of plaits, together with the forelock, to keep away from unhealthy success.
12. A gentle gray horse showing in a dream for 3 successive nights approach an aged individual will die…
13. …Except they’re 3 gentle gray colts, during which case a teenager will die.
14. A horse present in its box all sweaty with a tangled and twisted mane and tail has spent the evening being ridden through pixies.
15. Dun or buckskin horses are considered unfortunate through the Bedoin, and likewise in Romania.
16. The Hungarians and Spanish assume black horses are fortunate – the French and Bedoin imagine the opposite.
17. One white leg, purchase him/Two white legs, check out him/3 white legs, ship him some distance away (Promote him on your foes)/4 white legs, stay him no longer an afternoon (Feed him to the crows).
18. In some historical cultures, vows taken on horseback had particular sanctity and may just by no means be damaged.
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