does any one know what that can mean or be a symble for?
2007-07-14 12:19:01 · 13 answers · asked by gibson8026 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
i can't remember the name, but there's a boatman who will ferry the deceased to the after life, but you're to pay it for safe crossing.
2007-07-14 12:30:09 · answer #1 · answered by fubar_09074 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I put an answer in a different posting of your question.
If the penny was accidentally dropped, then the old saw of "pick it up and have good luck" is probably the one that applies.
If it was placed there, if could have been used by someone to pay the dead person whose grave it was for a small amount of earth from the grave.
2007-07-15 04:33:04 · answer #2 · answered by Dragosani 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In santeria, they sometimes 'use' the dead to do things. So they pay them in pennies. why pennies I never found out. Usually though they bury them near the head stone. It might have been some dabbler trying to put a curse on an ex or something stupid like that.
2007-07-15 04:59:22 · answer #3 · answered by Mr.TwoCrows 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's an old tradition that if you put a penny on someone's grave, then their soul can pay the ferryman to take them across the river styxs (pronounced sticks) so they can get to heaven. Whoever put it there probably still believes in it.
2007-07-15 09:56:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you know this person? Pennies or objects as such can be signs from God that the person who has died is O.K. and that they are watching over family members. You may want to contact the mother, father, etc. and tell them that.
2007-07-14 19:42:15 · answer #5 · answered by parisianprincess753 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
see a penny pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck.
2007-07-14 20:38:18 · answer #6 · answered by JBWPLGCSE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) you will need it to pay going to hell!!!
2)a ghost was arround
3) Bad luck coming (need money)
4) nothing it was luck
2007-07-18 05:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your husband got lucky and found a penny, what is your point?
2007-07-14 19:43:07 · answer #8 · answered by ♥kenz♥ 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
That coin could have been placed there for him or her to pay the ferry man so that they can Cross over.................................... That tradition goes way back into history.........................Its like placing pennies on someones eyes after they died..............................................................
2007-07-14 20:34:59 · answer #9 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could have dropped from a pocket.
2007-07-14 20:14:27 · answer #10 · answered by Pascha 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋