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Metal brackets point upwards to keep luck inside

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Gravity apparently applies to intangible good fortune just as much as it does to apples. Hanging an iron U-shape upside down supposedly poured all your hard-earned luck straight onto the floor like a spilled beverage.

Metal brackets point upwards to keep luck inside
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