Re: [tied] Re: When Germani?

On Fri, 07 Sep 2001 15:10:53 -0000, "Sergejus Tarasovas"
<S.Tarasovas@...> wrote:

>--- 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.

In Catalan, one says "toca ferro" (touch iron). In Dutch, the wood
must be "unpainted".