{"id":17438,"date":"2019-03-29T16:55:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T20:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=17438"},"modified":"2019-03-29T16:55:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T20:55:02","slug":"why-we-knock-on-wood-and-other-common-superstitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/why-we-knock-on-wood-and-other-common-superstitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Knock on Wood (and Other Common Superstitions)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I always knock on wood after I break a mirror or a black cat crosses my path.<\/p>\n

The Article ‘Why We Knock on Wood (and Other Common Superstitions)’ originally appeared on https:\/\/droolindognews.blogspot.com\/2019\/03\/why-we-knock-on-wood-and-other-common.html<\/a>
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I always knock on wood after I break a mirror or a black cat crosses my path. The Article ‘Why We Knock on Wood (and Other Common Superstitions)’ originally appeared on https:\/\/droolindognews.blogspot.com\/2019\/03\/why-we-knock-on-wood-and-other-common.html Jamie’s comments are his own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[582,586,590,589,565,587,588,585,591,456],"tags":[593,597,596,96,598,594,595,592,523,33],"class_list":["post-17438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-2","category-editorial-2","category-imho","category-imo","category-jamiegray","category-moregray","category-myopinion","category-opinion-3","category-sharedlink","category-jamie-gray","tag-editorial","tag-imho-blogger","tag-imo","tag-jamiegray","tag-link","tag-moregray","tag-myopinion","tag-opinion","tag-blog","tag-jamie-gray"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16143,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/can-epa-chief-scott-pruitt-once-a-trump-favorite-save-his-job\/","url_meta":{"origin":17438,"position":0},"title":"Can EPA chief Scott Pruitt, once a Trump favorite, save his job?","date":"April 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's hope not. 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