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What is actually meaning of "Touchwood"?

if you are saying something and you dont want anything bad to happen you say "Touchwood"
What is reason or logic behind it? 🤔
"Knock on wood" is a term from ancient Indo-Europeans who because they believed spirits lived in the trees that knocking on wood would evoke a blessing.
pride49 · 31-35, M
MrPerditus1 · 61-69, M
It derives from the pagan belief that malevolent spirits inhabited wood, and that if you expressed a hope for the future you should touch, or knock on wood to prevent the spirits from hearing and presumably preventing your hopes from coming true.
SW-User
It's a saying if you are saying something and you dont want anything bad to happen you say touch wood
Sanny · M
@SW-User what is logic behind this? 🤔
SW-User
@Sanny dunno you touch the wood and then nothing bad will happen
long ago, before Christianity came to europe, the predomiant belifes, were a bit like Hindu form, Many gods/spirits inhabiting all things.
for them, wood contained "faires" or "elves" that knew a lot, and saw all. to touch or knock on wood was to alert them that you KNW they see it all, and were "just kidding"
UckfayOuyayOotay · 51-55, M
Supposedly you're calling on the spirits that live in the wood to keep harm from befalling you.
pride49 · 31-35, M
I'm but I know about torchwood on Doctor Who
I believe it’s the anagram of Doctor who
Oster1 · M
Like a”good luck charm”☺️

 
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