Cue Stevie Wonder

Freddie is talking about superstitions and their effect on her life.

As a child of romanian/hungarian/german extraction, whose grandparents I clearly remember, I witnessed my own share of superstitions. And saw things that can’t be explained by science, saw them with my own eyes.

I saw my gramma stop the bleeding of an open blood vessel on my dad’s leg, by praying and nothing else.

I saw my uncle get a burn on his hand that went to the bone, and saw my aunt do something to it, and the burn healed without even a scar.

I saw my grandfather call down lightning from a clear sky. Saw it hit a tree and split the tree from tip to root.

My dad picked a dog from a litter (a peke/toy manchester mutt we called Lucky) and called it a “wart dog”. THe dog would lick a wart on your hand or arm, and in a couple days, it would be gone. Without a trace. People would come by the house to have warts licked by this dog.

I asked about these things, wondered how these family members knew how to do these things. I never got any good answers.

I’m not without some of those skills. I can dowse, and more than once I’ve helped someone pinpoint the location of a septic tank or water line. I can split cordwood cleaner than anyone i know because I can read woodgrain. I have a feel for mechanical things like few people I know.

Superstitions? faith healing? no idea. What I do have, is the belief that there are things we don’t understand- yet- but I also know that when the answer to those things is found, it will be perfectly scientific.