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ARC
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IN SOME CULTURES, HORSESHOES HAVE LONG BEEN REGARDED AS LUCKY & PROTECTIVE TALISMANS THAT WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS.
THERE ARE MANY THEORIES ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE LUCKY SHOE, THE MOST POPULAR ONE BEING THE STORY OF THE IRISH BLACKSMITH WHO CHASES AWAY THE DEVIL BY THROWING A BURNING HOT HORSESHOE AT HIM, WHEREAFTER THE DEVIL IN PAIN, SWORE NEVER TO GO NEAR ONE AGAIN.
THUS, THE SUPERSTITION WAS BORN..
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