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Knocking on wood

apotropaic tradition believed to ward off evil
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Knocking on wood

Summary

Knocking on wood is a superstition[1]. It draws 606 Wikipedia views per month (superstition category, ranking #8 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Knocking on wood's image is recorded as Katie Beirne Fallon and Shaun Donovan knock on wood.jpg[3].
  • Knocking on wood's instance of is recorded as superstition[4].
  • Knocking on wood's instance of is recorded as action[5].
  • Knocking on wood's Commons category is recorded as Knocking on wood[6].
  • Knocking on wood's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/045h8n[7].
  • Knocking on wood's WikiKids ID is recorded as Afkloppen[8].

Why It Matters

Knocking on wood draws 606 Wikipedia views per month (superstition category, ranking #8 of 17).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Knocking on wood. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/knocking-on-wood
MLA “Knocking on wood.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/knocking-on-wood.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_knocking-on-wood_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Knocking on wood}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/knocking-on-wood}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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