https://padlet.com/jrowe2022/4320xd4lnjae Why we knock on wood for good luck en-us 2016-09-27 19:19:11 UTC 2016-09-29 00:16:12 UTC hello@padlet.com jrowe2022 https://padlet.com/jrowe2022/4320xd4lnjae/wish/126796693 When we started knocking on wood is unknown but the origins of it are Latin for 'far be that omen from us'  ]]> 2016-09-27 19:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jrowe2022/4320xd4lnjae/wish/126796693 jrowe2022 https://padlet.com/jrowe2022/4320xd4lnjae/wish/126798051 The reason we knock on wood is because the expression knocking on wood comes from the ancient belief that good spirits lived in trees, so by knocking on something wooden, a person was calling on the spirits for protection.]]> 2016-09-27 19:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jrowe2022/4320xd4lnjae/wish/126798051 jrowe2022 https://padlet.com/jrowe2022/4320xd4lnjae/wish/127093548 Knocking on good is a good omen because it was thought that spirits lived in trees so knocking on the trees was calling on spirits for protection.]]> 2016-09-28 19:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jrowe2022/4320xd4lnjae/wish/127093548