Chookas
Sat, 16 Sept 2006, 12:50 pmTari-Xalyr27 posts in thread
Chookas
Sat, 16 Sept 2006, 12:50 pmI have a question. I know people say Chookas to wish people luck - it's been said to me quite a bit lately but does anyone know the story behind that saying? It's really beginning to bug me so anyone who knows please . . .let me know! lol
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Wed, 3 Jan 2007, 02:09 pmI have just done a google search myself and found, on www.waopera.asn.au a nifty guide to opera including the glossary of terms "toi, toi, toi'.
It says: Isn't only used in the English speaking countries and it's actually originated in the sound of spitting! Background: Back in the days people believed for superstitious reasons that spitting was supposed to ban bad luck, so it was a common thing to say "toi toi toi" (which was supposed to imitate the sound of spitting 3 times) while knocking on wood to wish good luck to someone.
Doesn't explain Chookas. Same search revealed that the Toi Toi Waterfall is in New Zealand.
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