Where does the saying knock on wood come from?
By jhnmikala
@jhnmikala (152)
United States
July 4, 2010 11:50am CST
I have heard the saying thousands of times but I never knew how and where it got started. Does anybody have any info?
2 responses
@kyle2krystel (2489)
• Japan
4 Jul 10
Hi jhnmikala,the answer to your question is in yahoo since it was in yahoo news for a week.. I tried to paste it here but it wont let me do it. Well I guess you can check it in yahoo news:)
@ladygator (3465)
• United States
4 Jul 10
I really dont know. I wish I could tell you. But I am sure its an old wives tale. It probably originated because there were was mostly wooden floors so its the most common thing to relate it to everyone.
