2717 – Horseshoe: Good luck charm

Physical description:

A horseshoe covered in red cloth.

Museum classification:

Protection - Good Luck

Size:

140 x 125 x 25

Information:

Made by Kerriann Godwin and Graham King as a replica of a charm mentioned by Edward Lovett in his book 'Magic in Modern London'. He describes "how a horseshoe covered with red fabric was sometimes hung over the head of a bed to prevent the sleeper from having a nightmare," and adds that a shopkeeper in Camberwell told him "that practically all his friends did the same thing and that it was regarded as the best cure for nightmare in the world."

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Metal (iron), fabric

Copyright ownership:

Treetrunk Ltd

Made by Kerriann Godwin and Graham King as a replica of a charm mentioned by Edward Lovett in his book 'Magic in Modern London'. He describes "how a horseshoe covered with red fabric was sometimes hung over the head of a bed to prevent the sleeper from having a nightmare," and adds that a shopkeeper in Camberwell told him "that practically all his friends did the same thing and that it was regarded as the best cure for nightmare in the world."