Horseshoe over the door. Up or down?

[panader0]

Up to catch the luck, or down to let the luck flow out?

[benld74]

1. Always thought it was up, to keep the luck in,,,,,

[panader0]

2. What about when it gets full?

[benld74]

11. then it spills over onto those going thru the doorframe,,,,,

[In_The_Wind]

3. Up

[malthaussen]

4. Pentagram...

... two horns exalted or one?

-- Mal

[KamaAina]

6. Depends.

[pinboy3niner]

7. If you were one of us you'd know

[pinboy3niner]

5. I don't worry about that

I just try to remember to take the horseshoe off the horse before putting it up. I learned my lesson after that first time.

[Art_from_Ark]

28. Now you tell me

I could have saved myself some grief if I had known that before

[Staph]

8. I had always heard up, to catch the luck.

But a few years ago, on vacation in New England, I toured Peacefield, John and Abigail Adam's home, in Quincy, Massachusetts. Abigail insisted on hanging a horseshoe pointed down over the door. She said that she had had plenty of luck in her life, and she wished to share it with her guests.

[whistler162]

9. Secure

[antiquie]

10. You get my vote.

[Kali]

12. either

In most of Europe, the Middle-East, and Spanish-colonial Latin America protective horseshoes are placed in a downward facing or vulval position, as shown here, but in some parts of Ireland and Britain people believe that the shoes must be turned upward or "the luck will run out." Americans of English and Irish descent prefer to display horseshoes upward; those of German, Austrian, Italian, Spanish, and Balkan descent generally hang them downward.

In regions where the horseshoe is placed facing upward, folks believe the horseshoe must point up "or the luck runs out." In places where it is hung facing downward they say exactly the opposite -- "it must point down so the luck can pour onto you." However, in its function as an amulet for magical protection, especially over the doorways of barns and stables, the horseshoe usually points downward and it is said that "no witch will pass under it." The "Good Luck" horseshoe image i use on my web pages came from a 1940s American printer's stock cut book, probably drawn and engraved by a German-American, hence the horseshoe points downward.

http://www.luckymojo.com/horseshoe.html

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. interesting.

down it is.

[Kali]

14. yeah, that is how I would do it

I have a large glass blue eye from Turkey that I still haven't got up on the barn. trip was in 2002.

a few years ago I gathered up all the old rusty horseshoes I could find and gave them to some guy off of craigslist who was looking for some to do art/welding projects. many more have surfaced since then. I keep the cool odd hand made ones, but there were a lot of horses shod around here over the last 100 + years. we got rocks.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. got rocks. lol ...

Are you a member of The Gotrocks clan?

sorry, I blame my Dad. He used to say stuff like that.

[Kali]

18. we are in an area of huge granite boulders

this is a favorite, don't know if you have seen it before

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. wow. That is magnificent. Who are the people? Relatives, I take it ...

Some Granite nearby where I live ...


Chimney Rock State Park, Sentinel in the Sky and Hickory Nut Falls

[Kali]

20. oh sure - water and greenery

just showing off now.

the man in the pic is some distant cousin, it was a "dance hall" during the early 30's. there isn't much known but experience with "bright ideas" around here tells me it was not in existence for long - I am sure the novelty wore off fast - and there are rumors somebody fell down the stairs and died.

the walls were canvas and the wooden floor is in my house (now that is kind of cool if I say so myself)

I climbed up there on my 40th birthday, doubt if I will ever make it back up (unless the stairs get rebuilt - oh hell I doubt I could do THAT either )

[Tuesday Afternoon]

21. pretty neat story ... and I like that you used reclaimed flooring in you house.

and you have the makings for a great Ghost Story, too!

Those stairs do look kinda steep

Here are the stairs to Chimney Rock

[Kali]

22. oh ffffffffffff

uck

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. aw ... come on, Kali

just a few little ole stairs

[Kali]

24. I can do heights but I am not comfortable.

it doesn't rise to irrational fear (caterpillars LOL) but I get pretty goosey feeling for sure.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. I get some vertigo, must admit. But, what is this ... ?

Irrational fear of caterpillars !? ole snake fightin' Kali ... a feared of the caddypiller?

[Kali]

26. ...

you know that sexist "scream like a little girl"? <<=== me


give me a snake ANY day. hell give me spiders or just about anything besides those disgusting alien psuedolegged, bloated, squishy, twitching ....aaaaaaahhhhhh....

*runs away screaming*

[Tuesday Afternoon]

27. omg. that is hilarious. I really did Laugh out Loud over here.

so funny

[panader0]

29. How about those tomato worms? I need help picking them off my plants.

[panader0]

16. I just finished a job in St David

I had to clean out a garage before I rebuilt it. One of the items I removed was a long coat rack of horseshoes bent sideways
so they made a good hook for your coat. I'm bringing that home.

[Kali]

17. you were close by!

they make good gate hooks too. I have seen a lot of cool things made out of them, even seen old horseshoes set in concrete for decoration.

[cleveramerican]

30. UP! always UP!

otherwise the luck runs out

[OxQQme]

31. Flat on the ground,

ends facing away, centered on the stake in the horse shoe pit.