{"id":32746,"date":"2014-09-22T08:05:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T12:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=32746"},"modified":"2014-09-19T17:07:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T21:07:34","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-knock-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2014\/uncommon-knowledge-knock-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: Why do we knock on wood?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/beer-tasting-flight?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/beer_flight-548x438.jpg\" alt=\"Beer Tasting Flight | UncommonGoods\" width=\"548\" height=\"438\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/beer_flight-548x438.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/beer_flight-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/beer_flight.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From acing an interview to the perfect first date, the safest follow up to ensure a good outcome is a hearty knock on the nearest tree or tabletop. In a pinch, even shiny laminate or your loopy aunt tapping on her head for show can do the trick. Rooted in superstition, many believe that this practice stemmed from pagan Europeans raising a loud ruckus to chase away evil spirits from their homes and in trees. This noise would prevent them from hearing about or ruining a person\u2019s good luck. Over time, the \u201cruckus\u201d needed was reduced to a simple knock on wood, so either the spirits grew hard of hearing or we just got lazy. Either way, you&#8217;re going to nail that promotion\u2014knock on wood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/beer-tasting-flight?source=blog\" title=\"Beer Tasting Flight\" target=\"_blank\">Beer Tasting Flight, $59<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From acing an interview to the perfect first date, the safest follow up to ensure a good outcome is a hearty knock on the nearest tree or tabletop.  But why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":32844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}