Why a penny why not any coin.
2006-10-07 00:38:03 · 11 answers · asked by colin050659 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
people say in old days if you found a penny coin it would turn your luck right around.But you had to hand it to the nearest person you see or family
2006-10-07 14:35:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because pennies make pounds! Not many people will stop to pick up a penny, but they will if its a nice, shiny silver coin!
Go around your town and see how much money you can make picking up pennies!
I haven't actually ever done this, by the way!
2006-10-07 00:51:23 · answer #2 · answered by sammi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my guess would be that when that saying came about a penny was still a coin that was worth something ( i mean you could get something for it) so finding a penny meant that you would be able to get something extra.
2006-10-07 01:15:16 · answer #3 · answered by gypsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a pin, and not a penny, and there's a fuller version. It's based on superstition.
See a pin and pick it up,
All the day you'll have good luck;
See a pin and let it lie,
Luck will surely pass you by.
2006-10-07 11:34:51 · answer #4 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because when the phrase was 'coined' a penny was actually worth something. also penny referred to any coin.
2006-10-07 00:41:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't. I say 'find a penny, pick it up, and all that day you'll have a penny'. Much truer if nothing else.
2006-10-07 03:39:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all of us choosing a penny up mutually as working,thinking that then possible have good success all day long,and then getting disillusioned by using not having that , is: a million. Superstitious 2. unaware of the best success that HE HAS artwork and that He CAN artwork!
2016-11-26 22:41:55 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it rhymes better using penny not coin
2006-10-07 08:58:01 · answer #8 · answered by Microphone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The saying actually is 'Find a pin and pick it up, All the day you will have good luck'.
2006-10-07 00:43:39 · answer #9 · answered by Sheena 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pennies are lucky.
2006-10-07 00:39:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋