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Superstition in France?

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Recent:Norte/Muxia- Spring '23
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While walking on the Via Podiensis (Le Puy camino) during the month of June my friends and I passed many of these dried wreaths on doorways in certain villages and towns along the way. We asked a local resident what they were, and the answer was in broken English, so couldn't fully get the gist of the reply. I concluded they were some kind of superstition or tradition to ward off evil spirits from their homes.
Can anyone provide better information about these? I tried a google search, but found nothing about them.
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The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
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It’s called a ‘cardabelle’ and is a good luck charm or protection against evil spirits. It’s from the thistle family and is also claimed to be a weather forecaster in that it curls up before bad weather. Possibly due to the change in humidity?
Cardoon flower and top of stem?
 
I would call that "a tradition"
That's a good point. Many of our traditions of today have origins in beliefs and/or superstitions of the past, some of which we don't even know about today when we blindly follow the traditions. For example, I have just learned a lot by googling "meaning of wreath on door".
 
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It’s called a ‘cardabelle’ and is a good luck charm or protection against evil spirits. It’s from the thistle family and is also claimed to be a weather forecaster in that it curls up before bad weather. Possibly due to the change in humidity?
definitely superstition.
 
While walking on the Via Podiensis (Le Puy camino) during the month of June my friends and I passed many of these dried wreaths on doorways in certain villages and towns along the way. We asked a local resident what they were, and the answer was in broken English, so couldn't fully get the gist of the reply. I concluded they were some kind of superstition or tradition to ward off evil spirits from their homes.
Can anyone provide better information about these? I tried a google search, but found nothing about them.
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Good noticing! I loved walking the Via Podiensis and want to return - you know when we can and all that.xo
 

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