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| Toucher du bois, conjurer le mauvais sort // Touch wood, ward off bad luck |
Today’s prompt is “wood”, bois.
“Touching wood” superstition seems to be almost omnipresent.
According to this page, “When there’s no wood around, the French say je touche du bois while touching their own heads”. Russians do that too, let me tell you. We also would cheerfully knock on a friend’s head for the same purpose.
The cat is probably Japanese, what with being a sumo wrestler, and doesn’t have this superstition. He is just trying to console Pinocchio, who feels rather down despite his painted smile. There, there, mi niño. Andrà tutto bene.
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