Mike Lamb Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 I inspected a home yesterday where every double-hung window had a quarter (25 cents) on top of the sash. Sounds like a superstition. Any ideas? I know some Catholics bury a St. Joseph statue in the back yard upside down to help sell their homes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Were they heads up or down? I wouldn't leave your home until you give me the answer and I can advise you on your fate. Kidding. I've heard of the placing of shiny new coins on all the window sills, before midnight on New Year's Eve, for good luck or prosperity. Possibly an Italian tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenT Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Originally posted by inspecthistoric I've heard of the placing of shiny new coins on all the window sills, before midnight on New Year's Eve, for good luck or prosperity. Possibly an Italian tradition. My Uncle Izzy started this tradition. He used to take my older brother and me with him on New Year's Eve. We did so well, we started the Chinese doing it too. It was convenient, a couple of weeks later, another payday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Where was the house? What ethnicity was the neighborhood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I'm not particularly religious, but it seems that burying the statue of a Saint--especially ass-backwards--in your yard would pretty much be like asking for a one-way ticket to Hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lamb Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Bridgeport, so there is alot to choose from. The house was empty. Originally posted by kurt Where was the house? What ethnicity was the neighborhood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 When the owner moved out, they used the coins as a means to contain the spirit that they're fleeing so they won't be haunted in the future. Remove one of those coins and you'll be responsible for that spirit leaving that house and wandering the earth aimlessly trying to find and re-haunt those folks because, unfortunately, spirits don't have an address forwarding service. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Originally posted by hausdok When the owner moved out, they used the coins as a means to contain the spirit that they're fleeing so they won't be haunted in the future. Remove one of those coins and you'll be responsible for that spirit leaving that house and wandering the earth aimlessly trying to find and re-haunt those folks because, unfortunately, spirits don't have an address forwarding service. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike So the cost of "spirit containment" is 25 cents per window, huh? What does it cost to cover the doors?[:-angel] Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Huh, Lot you know; who ever heard of a spirit using a doorway? OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Chew Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I believe that placing coins on top of the window sash is one of the Festivus rituals, done just after The Airing of Grievances and prior to the Feats of Strength. Festivus, a holiday for the rest of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike H Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 While our house was under construction my wife went and got $20 in quarters. She made me hide them all over the house and in the same place that you found your quarters. The reason she wanted the quarters in the house was so that as long as we lived in the house we would never be broke, we will always have at least $20 in the house. That could be the reason, just my guess. P.S. I don't know where she came up with that idea, I just do what I'm told. Mike H. www.rqahomeinspections.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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