Sign for the Horse Shoe
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Sign for the Horse Shoe
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 8 Oct 2010
A simple visual sign, made more significant by the long-standing beelief that a horse-shoe brings luck. Originally it was aid to be a protection against witches. Horse shoes are still nailed up by the superstitious (Lord Nelson was one). they must have their two ends pointing upwards, or the luck will 'run out'. The horse-shoe is found as a charge amongst the earliest coats of arms we have.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.24422
Longitude
-0.775133