Touchwood

Touchwood the best possible way to preserve a positive situation, isn’t it? “They said I am good for the job—touchwood”, “he keeps me so happy—touchwood”, “she is so healthy for her age—touchwood”. In theory if we didn’t touchwood in these situations, I would become bad at my job, he wouldn’t keep me happy and she would be unhealthy for her age. Crazy!!! Well!! Hmmmmm...

It is believed that this phrase that we use to sustain good fortune originates out of ancient mythology where trees were said to hold good spirits. What’s also interesting is that if we don’t find wood we go about touching our head and say –“touchwood”, this was apparently done because our brain is equated to a block of wood ( I don’t really know if this supposed to speak highly of us and our intellectually ability!!!)

I for sure would rather believe the ancient myth versus being overly logical about it, so in words of Eddie Floyd—You better knock, knock on wood, baby.



Lyrics | Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood lyrics