Could this be the origin of the saying "A babes a zwock", meaning: a
grandmother's nail.
or rather: a very distant relative.
Mimi
On May 20, 2011, at 10:22 AM, andy halmay wrote:
> Bad eye superstitions of Cz are news to me.=A0 My mother seemed to
> have sev=
> eral personal superstitions and I vaguely recall something about
> avoiding t=
> oo much praise. But she collected rusty nails and tucked them away
> in drawe=
> rs and all over the place. She seemed to have great faith in the
> good luck =
> that rusty nails would bring.=A0 Is that also a Cz superstition?
> Andy
>
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