Since there are these kinds of bad hombres running around, it is no surprise that in folklore there are supposedly effective techniques to thwart them. One way is to leave 13 pennies or 13 beans by the door to the house. Supposedly, when the rougarou tries to enter to do some mischief on a child within, he starts to count the pennies. However, rougarous are dense: they can't count past twelve and so they get upset and go away. I put out 13 pennies, just in case!
7 comments:
It's a creepy critter, straight out of 1930's movies.
interesting bit of lore!
Finally - an effective way to guard against loup-garou! I'm getting the change purse...
Leaving 13 beans could be kind of risky should a little critter come along and eat one of them.
A nice bit of lore!
So in this case 13 is good luck? But, beans?
If I put out 13 beans or coins in front of my door, will it also keep the Jehova's Witnesses and itinerant salesmen away?
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