Quote Originally Posted by The Supreme Canuck View Post
Okay, I have to ask - where did the horseshoe thing come from, really? I always thought it was an American thing.
It's pretty much a universal thing. Some credit St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, who reportedly shoed the Devil's hoof "by mistake" and then removed the shoe only if Auld Nick promised to never enter a dwelling with a horseshoe above the threshold.

But there are many other legends that are just as, if not older, associated with the horseshoe. Horseshoes are considered lucky because of their association with blacksmiths and the "Holy Iron".

It used to be fairly common for a bride to be given a decorated horseshoe as she was leaving the kirk for good luck.

Regards,

Todd