Shoe throwing
The shoe throwing is an obsolete practice in the manner of an oracle , with the service people a divine sign sought their future in the house of the employer with respect.
technology
To do this, the person sat on the floor in a room, put half of his foot into a shoe and threw the shoe over himself. According to some sources, the person sat with their back to the door and threw the shoe against this door. From the final position of the fallen shoe, in particular whether the tip or the heel was pointing towards the door, the person deduced whether they would get a job again in the same office in the current year.
Trivia
According to the story, on September 10, 1655 in the village of Cossebaude , a current district of the Saxon state capital Dresden , several servants carried out the shoe throwing, during which a maid stooped with fatal results in the heart with a bread knife , which she struck Bosom carried.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c magazine for cultural history . E. Felber, 1874, p. 262 .
- ^ A b c Johann Georg Theodor Grasse: The treasure trove of the Kingdom of Saxony . 1855, No. 184 - The unfortunate shoe throwing at Cossebaude, p. 141 ( books.google.de ).
- ↑ sphinx-suche.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
