The Magic of a Crooked Sixpence

Posted by drdee on Monday December 18, 2023 @11:22PM
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https://daily.jstor.org/the-magic-of-a-crooked-sixpence/

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Re:The Magic of a Crooked Sixpence by throwup238 on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:42PM (#38704078)

> Yorkshire dairymaids dropped them into cream to counteract witchcraft that prevented it from turning to butter.

Given silver's anti-microbial properties, could this have actually helped beyond just the superstition?

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Re:The Magic of a Crooked Sixpence by analog31 on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @08:51PM (#38704549)

Or maybe catalytic behavior, like beating eggs in a copper bowl.

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Re:The Magic of a Crooked Sixpence by infertainment on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @09:52PM (#38704915)

There was a crooked man and he went a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,

And they all liv'd together in a little crooked house.

(nursery rhyme)

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