Why Do We Knock on Wood

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00:00knock on wood you jinxed yourself and now you know that the only thing standing between you

00:04and cosmic punishment is a coffee table from ikea so have you always wondered why we knock

00:10on wood to ward off doom the custom goes way back the celts believe that spirits and gods

00:16lived in the woods so touching or knocking on a tree was like excuse me tree spirit i may have

00:21just jinxed myself bragging about my new chariot please don't spite me fast forward to medieval

00:27europe where people feared everything disease witches cats soup that was too hot knocking on

00:34wood became a habit of divine insurance and what if there's no wood around does that even count well

00:40relax in modern superstition law which is entirely made up by the way any wood adjacent surface will

00:46do in a pinch psychologists say that knocking on wood gives us a sense of control over the

00:51uncontrollable they always wondered podcast