{"id":25005,"date":"2013-05-26T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=25005"},"modified":"2013-05-21T17:29:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T21:29:04","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-horseshoe-lucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2013\/uncommon-knowledge-horseshoe-lucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: What makes a horseshoe so lucky?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/horseshoe-heart-trivet?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/23350_zoom1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Horseshoe Heart trivet | UncommonGoods\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/23350_zoom1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/23350_zoom1-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/23350_zoom1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/23350_zoom1-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>The horseshoe is one of the best-known lucky charms and has been for ages. In medieval times, a trio of horseshoes would be nailed to a sick person\u2019s bed to please God, Wod, and Loki. In Norse mythology, Wod is the god of wisdom and Loki is the god of mischief. All three had to be appeased to promote balance in the spirit world. Interestingly, Loki also inspired the expression \u201cone for luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/horseshoe-heart-trivet?source=blog\">Horseshoe Heart Trivet, $50<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Lok!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":25009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}