Author: Anne Ewbank / Source: Atlas Obscura
In the sports world, a second can mean the difference between a loss and a win. Perhaps that’s why individual players and entire teams alike clutch good luck charms ahead of games. These charms range from the famous to the feline, such as Tiger Wood’s red shirts or the San Jose Shark’s lucky black cat, respectively. Sometimes they’re even fragrant, like that of the Spanish soccer team Deportivo de la Coruña: At their home stadium in Galicia, called Riazor, fans often line the pitch with whole garlic cloves.
The garlic is ostensibly there for good luck. But it’s also thought to banish sorcerers and evil spirits. In 2016, a fan site for the team attempted to explain the garlic. Fans toss it to ward off malicious bad luck caused by meigas, the Galician word for “witch.” In the past, that bad luck might have concerned withered crops. But soccer…
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