I own a house that was built in 1653 on the east end of Long Island. When I bought the house 30+ years ago I was restoring the kitchen with its bee hive fireplace. I had to fixt the ceiling over the back door. I reached up and pull out a gentleman shoe. I know what it was when I pulled it out.
The area was settled by the English. Putting a shoe over the door would keep witches and evil spirit out of the house.
Last year I had a new ceder roof installed on the house. One day the contractor knocked on the back door and handed me a pair of woman shoes. He found them over the original front door. So I kept one to add to the man’s shoe in a cabinet.
I told him to put the other one back to keep the house protected for another 300 years.
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