Superstitious Saturday Knock
A ritual I’ve seen many times prior to a
performance is a dancer leaning down to knock on the floor. This is related to
the common superstition that knocking on wood brings good luck.
This superstition may go back to
medieval times when parishioners would touch wood believed to come from the
cross to ensure a divine connection and thus, good luck.
Or, it may come from an even earlier
time when ancient Europeans believed that trees housed spirits. Therefore touching
or knocking on a tree would either invoke a blessing from the spirit within or
prevent an evil spirit from doing harm.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Superstition #153:
“Knocking on wood (usually the floor) is said to bring
good luck to dancers.”
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“My,' she
said. 'We're lucky that you found the place.'
We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
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