The “Knocking on Wood” Wikipedia page mentions Roud’s conclusion, and this claim of a 19th century origin has circulated online as the final say on the matter. If you go back to the original, though, Roud’s proposal actually ends on an ambivalent note: “Before this theory [of 19th century origins] can be finally accepted, however, an examination of the history of European forms of this custom would be advisable.”
Copyright © 1997-2026 by www.people.com.cn all rights reserved
，推荐阅读heLLoword翻译官方下载获取更多信息
控方指，兩人連同營運總裁兼時任財務總裁周達權及其他人，於2016年1月至2020年5月19日間，在違背1995年5月25日雙方所訂立租契第二附表指明的情況下，使用將軍澳工業邨駿盈街8號的處所。
Sign up for our Tech Decoded newsletter to follow the world's top tech stories and trends. Outside the UK? Sign up here.