LUCKY HORSESHOES
0»c theorv to account for horseshoes being regarded as lucky is that they represent bv their shaue the crescent moon, and take us back to the worship of Asiarle. the moon goddess. Animals left, in the fields at night used to wear crescent moons, and there is a reference to this in Hie Book of Judges, which specks (if '■■ornaments like < the moon" on the camels' necks. The brass crescents worn bv modern cart horses arc said to be a."relic of this superstition.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 August 1928, Page 2
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85LUCKY HORSESHOES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 August 1928, Page 2
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