[tied] Re: When Germani?

From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 9163
Date: 2001-09-07

--- In cybalist@..., celteuskara@... wrote:

> I notice Piotr said "touch wood" once, but this might've been just
a rhetorical flourish. A Bulgarian friend of mine found it rather
amusing that we touch wood in England, much the same way as his
peasant ancestors! Probably a PIE trait, eh?
>

This superstition flourishes in Russia and Lithuania as well.

Sergei