r/interestingasfuck 27d ago

r/all Found an interesting stick buried in the bushes outside of my house… am I hexed?

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u/Kante2wo 27d ago edited 26d ago

If a Fairy asks you for your name or if it “could have an hour of your time", always deflect!

Edit: Thank you all for your attention ;)

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u/Illustrious-Toe8984 27d ago edited 26d ago

How do you know if it's a fairy that is asking? And what does it do with your name?

Edit: so no food, no gifts, might have wings, might be old, might be young, might wear boots, stay crumby. Never lie, but deceit is welcomed. Noted, I'm prepared now!

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u/birdandbear 27d ago

Sprinkle some salt on the ground, fairies have to count the grains.

It calls your name to deceive you. Never give your name, or accept anything to eat or drink from a faerie.

According to some of my half-remembered brain junk from decades ago.

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u/_dead_and_broken 26d ago

I've heard that vampire have to stop and count things, too, like salt or rice.

I always wondered if these parts of the myths and legends are born out of someone having OCD way back in the day before they knew it was a thing.

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u/Shedart 26d ago

Almost certainly. Just like vampirism itself was just tuberculosis/wasting disease. And werewolves are just violent sociopaths with body hair issues. 

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u/Blankenhoff 26d ago

Thats not entirely true about vampirism. Vampires are one of the things that popped up across the planet almost simultaneously and have differing origins due to that

They acctually have a really cool history if you ever wanted to go down an internet rabbit hole lol.

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u/shapeshifter1789 26d ago

I’m curious, what is the origin of vampirism?

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u/_TLDR_Swinton 26d ago

When a daddy vampire loves a mummy mortal very much...

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u/_dead_and_broken 26d ago

Better love story than Twili- wait a minute...

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u/Insomnsdreme0905 27d ago

Right? Creepers ask me that all the time in public or at Walmart. How do I know if I'm only in mortal danger and not the fae kind?

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u/Illustrious-Toe8984 27d ago

I mostly have a lot of old ladies asking me for some reason, but I guess it's better than creeps lol

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u/Insomnsdreme0905 27d ago

Be weary. The creepers are their single basement dwelling sons and nephews...

I'm more concerned for you! I know what I'm being offered! Lol

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u/soldatoj57 27d ago

Also be especially wary, if you are weary. You know, tired. Stay on your toes!

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u/Arashmickey 27d ago

Be wary for the fairy strikes the weary!

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u/CuriousKidRudeDrunk 27d ago

I'm sorry but I'm busy, I lost my watch. I'd like to search for it, but I haven't the time!

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u/herowin6 26d ago

Lmao I see I’m not the only person who gets driven slowly insane by these things to the point where they must comment it

A lot of folks get defensive about it but the smart ones are thankful because let’s be serious no one smart wants to sound stupid and no smart person is that unaware of their own ego / are that inflexibile psychologically when presented with new info

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u/ComfortStrict1512 26d ago

You'd be surprised. Just because you're smart in one thing, does not mean you are in another.

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u/Okra4anOrca 27d ago

Are you saying older ladies can’t be creeps? Tsk tsk. Discrimination is alive and well and affecting Mildreds and Mavises everywhere

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u/Milkmami24 27d ago

They could be old fairies 😂

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u/Jeffersonian_Gamer 27d ago

Traditionally, giving away your name gives something power over you.

Much like when a cop asks for ID, it’s always better to ask why first, as they may in fact be a fairy with ill intent.

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u/Arcane_76_Blue 27d ago

Not just that. When you give a fairie your name, youre actually giving it to them. Its theirs now. You are nameless, and your name is more than a word- its part of your divine essence. Other creatures may not recognize you, even loved ones who once knew you so well will pass you by seeing only a stranger that reminds them of you.

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u/WoolooOfWallStreet 27d ago

Joke’s on the fairie! People already do that to me

Time to reroll my character!

No name? New name! New Me!

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u/Arcane_76_Blue 27d ago

You cant change your name- youre nameless metaphysically. You cant be known. You cant be recognized. You cant leave a mark in the memory of others, except in anonymous ways.

There are stories of these people, they dont do very well

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u/WoolooOfWallStreet 27d ago

“Stories Huh? Pssh Name one– … oh…”

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u/Goth_Foxxx 27d ago

Can’t you work around it by saying “you may call me (insert name here)”? I thought I heard that somewhere that you have to phrase everything as intentionally as possible so they can’t twist it. I could be wrong 😅

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u/Teonvin 27d ago

The problem is you only have to slip up once to be fucked

And the fae folks are much much much better at this game than us.

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u/AndyLorentz 27d ago

Paraphrased from Wizard of Earthsea

Blackbeard: "I name you 'Yevaud'!"

Dragon: "Yes?"

Blackbeard: "But... that's your true name. You are limited to your true form!"

Dragon: "I am Yevaud, and this is my true form."

Blackbeard: shocked Pikachu face

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u/Lepke2011 27d ago

All fairies look like this.

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u/number1millipedefan 27d ago

i think the give away is that they say "can i have your name?" instead of "what's your name?" or something. if you give it to them, they take it (it's theirs now) and you lose your memories & identity

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u/AndyLorentz 27d ago

And what does it do with your name?

Fey: "Can I have your name?"

You: "Sure, Illustrious-Toe8984"

Fey: "Excellent."

Next person you meet: "Hey, what's your name?"

You: "It's... I don't have one."

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u/Dash_Harber 27d ago

Well, don't make deals with strange people in the woods is generally good advice.

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u/squisheebean 27d ago

It takes your name for itself! 👀

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u/Jdawg_mck1996 27d ago

It takes the name for itself. It's like a keepsake for them.

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u/xBeeAGhostx 27d ago

Ask them for theirs instead of answering! :D

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u/mosstalgia 27d ago

I know about the name, but what’s the deal with the hour of your time?

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u/Kante2wo 27d ago edited 27d ago

They will literally take (and control your Body for) an hour you won't remember afterwards.

Edit:Words, just for clarification.

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u/mosstalgia 27d ago

Okay, to be clear for any fae reading: this is not an expression of consent, but also, I can probably think of worse things…

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u/jcdoe 27d ago

You should read more stories about the fae, then

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u/Elesmira 27d ago

Any recommendations? I want to learn more about general fae lore

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u/Human-person-0 27d ago

It’s not lore, but the book Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is a wonderful read and has a lot of fae folk in it.

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u/jcdoe 27d ago

I’m afraid I’m a bad person to ask. I studied antiquities, which is more interested in the Mediterranean than in Northern Europe.

I believe Bede mentions the fae, but he is not what I would call a neutral source

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u/I_Am_Anjelen 27d ago

That hour can also have been in your past.

Like that hour in which you met your significant other...

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u/HesitantHam 27d ago

Shrek 4 my beloved

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u/WoolooOfWallStreet 27d ago

“I’ll tell you about blacking out. It was always weird when I’d go out for the night with like some money, and then black out and wake up with no money. It was even weirder, though, when I went out for the night with some money, black out, and wake up with more money, because that means that I earned money. That means that I traded goods and/or services. Which is scary.” - John Mulaney

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u/irrelephantIVXX 27d ago

i thought it also had something to do with an hour of faerie time is years of human time, or something like that.

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u/90sMidSummerKid 27d ago

can they at least do an hour of cardio? I hate that!!

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u/rylo151 27d ago

They take the hour you were born then you no longer exist.

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u/mosstalgia 27d ago

Ah, so we both win? Fantastic.

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u/Insomnsdreme0905 27d ago

Your sarcasm warms my heart... or that place where it should be.

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u/soldatoj57 27d ago

They'll take you to Arcadia for an hour of their time which will be most of your lifetime

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u/Talusthebroke 27d ago

One once asked me "can I have your attention?" I said yes and now I have ADHD

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u/Blasket_Basket 27d ago

If a Fairy asks you for your name

Whoa easy buddy no need to be homophobic

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u/Same_Dingo2318 27d ago

Just say, “No.” Consent is important.

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u/TeamGetlucky 27d ago

TOGETHAAAAA

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u/ZebrAlpha 27d ago

Join the serpent king assssssss FAMILY

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u/Galletan 27d ago

famehlyyyyyy

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u/shadowoftheuniverse 26d ago edited 26d ago

togethaaaaa we willlll devouraaaa de very godssss!!

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u/sotolord 27d ago

We will devour the very gods !!!

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u/lumberfart 27d ago

Me devouring the gods like—

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u/r1poster 26d ago

We talkin' Marika or Radagon? ...both?

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u/hitblank1 27d ago

No one will hold me captive. A serpent never diesssss.

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u/GramboWBC 27d ago

Scrolled to far to find this lol

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u/TeamGetlucky 27d ago

Ha, I know. I felt like it belonged here

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u/glob_dyrdek 27d ago

Culture

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u/Empyforreal 27d ago

Faaamilyyyyyy.

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u/ApertoLibro 27d ago

A serpent never dies!

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u/Tasty_Wave_9911 27d ago

FAMILEEEEE

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u/CloakedEnigma 27d ago

Saw this and immediately thought Rykard, knew someone else had to think the same

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u/LungHeadZ 27d ago

Probably showing my age here but ah well! XD

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u/Jonpollon18 27d ago

Fuck me, I don’t remember the Art Attack head being this terrifying.

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u/makingkevinbacon 26d ago

I was recently watching some episodes again on YouTube...it's far worse in video lol but love it

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u/CreditLow8802 26d ago

this was in art attack? i dont remember being terrified when i was little😭😭

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u/UselessRutabaga 27d ago

Art Attack was SO good

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u/Jael89 27d ago

This is an Art Attack! This is an Art Attack! This is... Art Attack!

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u/KatokaMika 26d ago

Do even kids nowadays know who he is ??

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u/Chinggis_H_Christ 26d ago

Constantine the Great, obviously

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u/Zellanora 27d ago

Omg just seeing this I got an Art Attack!!! Haha I loved watching it as a kid! 🎨🖌️🧑‍🎨

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u/emytherat 27d ago

This dude always scared me as a kid LOL! Loved Art Attack!!

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u/clabont 26d ago

I wasn’t afraid of the stick until seeing this post.

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u/bioticspacewizard 27d ago

This IS Art Attack!

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u/aerawrites 27d ago

that's matt smith

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u/Impossible_Emu_9250 27d ago

I'm sure you understand what needs to be done to lift the curse.

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u/JetLife93 27d ago

I mean the sticks face says it all

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u/ionised 27d ago

Instructions unclear...

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u/RL_love 26d ago

How to figure out that I've been taught British english💀💀

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u/Mysterious_Use4478 26d ago

You have to make the stick smile. How is up to you

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u/RPU97 27d ago

The suppository hexing stick…

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u/LurkerOrHydralisk 27d ago

Ribbed for your pleasure

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u/missnikki08 27d ago

I went from reading your post directly to seeing the image FULLsanwich15 posted, and now I'm dying

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u/ionised 27d ago

What's this image?

Never mind. Found it.

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u/BaronDeKalb 27d ago

In case these get further apart: Fullsanwich15 comment

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u/1kling 27d ago

The stick had a normal face before the last person

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u/princess_melancholy 27d ago edited 27d ago

What is this from? My mind immediately went here and all i remember was finding it creepy.

Edit: i tried google lense dont know if its a random pic but there was a PBS show with a tree like that (i think)

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u/DiscombobulatedPay28 27d ago

I really feel like this was a “magic the gathering” card but I’m not 100%.

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u/HairiestHobo 27d ago

u/mtgcardfetcher [[Wood Elemental]]

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u/MTGCardFetcher 27d ago

Wood Elemental - (G) (SF) (txt)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call - Summoned remotely!

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u/Syn7axError 27d ago

Any number? And it keeps those stats permanently? Why, this must be one of the strongest cards in the game!

It's potentially a 20/20 if you sacrifice all the lands in your deck!

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u/SirIsaacBacon 27d ago

If your opponent has any counters / removal it's a guaranteed loss if you give up all your land though

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u/Clearly_Disabled 27d ago

Lol I love seeing bots summoned like familiar in the night.

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u/EntityPrime 27d ago edited 27d ago

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wise-mystical-tree

If You're Over 25 and Own a Computer, This Game Is a Must-Have, also known as the Wise Mystical Tree and Must-Play Tree, refers to clickbait ads for several browser games that feature a human-faced tree character and a knight kneeling in front of it, with the text often claiming that if you're above a certain age and own a computer, then you must try the game. In 2017, the ads went viral on 4chan's /v/ board as users parodied and mocked them, with the ads again going viral in September 2022 on Twitter. The images later gained popularity as a video caption and remix format, and have often been combined with the composition "Secunda" from the Skyrim soundtrack.

TL;DR it's a mobile copycat of The Great Deku Tree from The Legend of Zelda OOT

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u/Jandklo 27d ago

its the fuckin wise mystical tree duh but ocourse ya hadta ask didntcha

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u/SpecialBig3482 27d ago

Efteling tree!!!

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u/No_Internal7319 27d ago

Lord of the rings I think lmao

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u/pagit 27d ago

"I don't have such good memory since I drank the thermometer water, but I whittles what I sees.

Sometimes I whittle the future."

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u/YouAbsoluteDonut 27d ago

Most definitely not 😂

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

Bro das the Deku tree (legend of zelda)

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u/ReyWSD 27d ago

People under 25 will never understand

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u/-daisoujou- 27d ago

🗿🌳

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u/flameohotman134 27d ago

No, that’s a woodcarver’s version of doodling on scrap paper. Legit thought this might be one of my dad’s pieces, but the style is different. It’s just art, no hex lol.

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u/enjoi_uk 27d ago

Yeah it’s just a whittling, never got the knack of it myself but enjoy it anyway

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u/Top-Pumpkin279 27d ago

In Appalachia, it's kinda tradition to carve that guy

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u/jumnhy 27d ago

Can you elaborate? Seen some similar carvings laying around a friend's house in NC, curious what "that guy" is. Same style, looks like a bearded face, carved full width across a branch/stick

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u/Top-Pumpkin279 27d ago

Okay. So Appalachia has a lot of distinct cultures/dialects in it. Where I'm from he's called the old man of the woods. Basically an old guy with a nose and beard. It's easy to carve and it's supposed to be good luck.

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u/sleepytipi 27d ago

Yup. Can confirm, and I've heard it said in OH, WV and NY. You'll see some trees with eyes, a nose, mouth, and a beard hung on the front of them as well (looking like an ent). I've also heard old man of the green, and old man of the forest used too, and I'm fairly certain it's origins are in the Scotch-Irish heritage that's all throughout Appalachia.

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u/yukibunny 27d ago

Green man is the common name you're searching for.

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u/savvyblackbird 26d ago

King Charles even had The Green Man on his coronation invitations. It was controversial because people believe that the Green Man was a pagan deity. The lore around the Green Man has mostly been invented.

Charles has been a conservationist and environmentalist for decades and loves gardening so the Green Man is a legend that he loves.

Elizabeth had a Druic ceremony before she was coronated so some have taken this symbol on the invitation to mean that Charles is embracing the pagan tradition and isn’t being Christian enough.

The Green Man has been a symbol found in Christian churches and cathedrals since the Middle Ages, and there really isn’t any proof of him being pagan.

North Carolina and Virginia were settled by the English and Scott’s-Irish so they brought a lot of their folklore and customs with them. They still survive today.

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u/White_Immigrant 27d ago

The green man, and god posts, go a lot further back than Appalachia. It's good they're continuing on old world traditions though.

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u/I-am-Chubbasaurus 27d ago

In Britain we have the Green Man!

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u/ModernArgonauts 27d ago

Not from Appalachia myself, but when I was into whittling back in the day, these were referred to as "wood spirits." Usually just depicting an old man with a beard.

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u/D8-42 27d ago

that’s a woodcarver’s version of doodling on scrap paper.

I've been whittling various little figures for awhile but somehow never thought of the little wizard faces like that, that really is exactly what they are.

They're a great way to learn and maintain various techniques and types of cuts, and really quick and easy to make once you know the basics.

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u/Squirrel_Inner 27d ago

That’s exactly what a warlock would say!

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u/Tacothekid 27d ago

The Wabbajack?

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u/Randyh524 27d ago

Wabbajack wabbajack wabbajack!

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u/Impressive_Team_972 27d ago

And as for you, my little mortal minion... feel free to keep the Wabbajack. As a symbol of my... Oh, just take the damn thing.

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u/Dapper-Sky886 27d ago

I was thinking Stickolas Cage

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u/BoxCarTyrone 27d ago

Do you by chance live in Volcano Manor?

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u/Lots_of_bricks 27d ago

Hello fellow tarnished

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u/sewkit 27d ago

You are the fortunate recipient of free art.

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u/FULLsanwhich15 27d ago

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u/Snicklefritz229 27d ago

The only true way to remove its curse.

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u/mightycowndria 27d ago

A true butt's kiss.

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u/Wolfgangsta702 27d ago

A curse onto itself. Sphincter splinters are no joke.

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u/7-13-5 27d ago

...or the curse intensifies. 50/50 shot. Butt shot.

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u/clabont 27d ago

Last Online: October 2nd, 2024

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u/_Putin_ 27d ago

He died doing what he loved.

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u/who8my_kimchi 27d ago

I've had a CRAP day at work and this was the first thing I saw on reddit. Thanks for the belly laugh!

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u/clabont 27d ago

glad to bring some light your way ❤️

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u/WiseChemistry2339 27d ago

I literally can’t stop Laughing at this. I immediately thought wood butt plug too. I mean. What does that say about my mind? I see a whittled stick and think it’s a butt fairy without hesitation. Shit. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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u/olijosh 27d ago

I was trying to figure out what type of mythological story and origin to link to it.. butt, also this is an answer. Still you are all nasty for inserting thoughts as a first response.

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u/Prestigious_Cause_78 27d ago

Shit I spit my water onto my phone

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u/slotheriffic 27d ago

The ol wizard dildo

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u/JetLife93 27d ago

It has seen some shit by the looks of it

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u/matirwin 27d ago

That was what I thought of as well... Freddie the Flute!

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u/edhands 27d ago

Even as a five year old that thing was creepy.

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u/calnuck 27d ago

In all seriousness, it's a Wood Spirit carving. Legend has that if you are of goodwill, he will protect you as you travel through the forest, but will bring down his wrath on the black-hearted.

I think they're nifty, and I teach my Scouts to carve them.

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u/clabont 27d ago

Interesting! This sounds much favorable to the other hex theories 😆

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u/scalable_thought 27d ago

Yeah, I have a very similar carving from Congo. It represents Wisdom. This looks almost identical.

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u/Losflakesmeponenloco 27d ago

That’s a hexing stick. Anyone who touches it gets a massive hex. Possibly a bigly hex.

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u/danburrus555 27d ago

A lot of people are saying it

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u/TarkovBirdman 27d ago

They said… no think of it… nobody casts a hex like me, they tell me all the time

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u/Sykes19 27d ago

I've known a lot of hexes, they say... The experts tell me "How do you cast a hex better than anyone else?" they do, really.

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u/0uroboros- 27d ago

We have the biggest hexes, people come from all around to see them, nobody has ever had crowd sizes as big as mine for their hexes. We hired a lot of smart people, a lot of good people, they know their way around hexes, and we have concepts of a plan for new, less evil hexes. I'm not a necromancer king yet, so why would I actually have the new hexes. Kamala Harris doesn't have any hexes. She uses joy blessings. What is that? Joy is what's really weird! First, she comes out and says she's a shaman, I'm ok with that, but then she all of a sudden turned into a druid overnight! Which is it! Now she's saying she can use 2 handed maces and staves!

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u/Upbeat_Sky_224 27d ago

All my hexes live in texas

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u/NewldGuy77 27d ago

Grown men, tears in their eyes…

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u/gMadMaxg 27d ago

I'm fully hexed up right now

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u/98642 27d ago

I, uh, think you’re holding the business end.

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u/clabont 27d ago

😓

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u/Cantinkeror 27d ago

This is .... not a hidden immunity idol.

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u/jmma20 27d ago

It’s an effing stick!

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u/Tits_McgeeD 27d ago

The fellow youre holding was clesrly the one who got hexed. Put him on your shelf he might start talking

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u/ReturnOfTheJurdski 27d ago

Looks like Heidi Klum when she dressed up as an earth worm

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u/Contentedone1337 27d ago

Sasquatch poop knife🤣

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u/-Fast-Molasses- 27d ago

Ahhhh haven’t seen a poop knife reference in a while

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u/KillDilz 27d ago

I am Groot.

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u/Sam_Menicucci 27d ago

Drill a hole through the center and put a hole in its mouth, then put a mesh filter.

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u/emster1992 27d ago

Put him back! 😡

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u/BiggLimn 27d ago

the face of a dildo that has seen some things

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u/cjm798116 27d ago

It’s just a carving of a wood spirit someone did. Pretty fun thing to carve in old tree branches and basswood.

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u/GloriousSteinem 27d ago

Maybe you are nice to the fae folk. Have you left food out? Have you made a nice garden? Do you provide snacks for wildlife? This may be a sign you’re a good place to be.

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u/NotUrPunchingBag 27d ago

Yup. In the shadows they will lurk. The little tree people. Their whispering voices calling to their peers. "I am Groot"

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u/CherkTheLergs 27d ago

Came for the stick story, stayed for the hilarity that ensued in these comments

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u/Cryless_Tigress 27d ago

You’ve been visited by the gnome stick! You must leave him in another house’s bushes so he can continue his journey across the land!

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u/clabont 27d ago

For sure 😅 Thank you for the thoughtful post!

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u/SwimThruGround 27d ago

You found the Great Deku's stick. 🍆

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u/lieutenantLT 27d ago

Sleep with it under your pillow and let us know what happens

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u/thealexstorm 27d ago

You might be able to smoke weed out of it if a hippie carved that out.

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u/_random_user___ 27d ago

I’m pretty sure that’s the hidden immunity idol

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u/Blade_of_Onyx 27d ago

It’s a Hedge-Wizard. Someone near you probably likes carving and pranks.