Crossing fingers to achieve your own good luck, or in a display of hopeful solidarity that things go well for someone else, is a widely recognized gesture. The finger-cross has a long history ...

Locals cross while praying for their families, throwing old clothes and coins into the water to bring them luck. Just as well they’re not praying for elbow room ...

Those early Europeans believed that any cross was a powerful symbol of good luck, and by crossing the fingers in this shape (the cross), good fortune would prevail. However, it must be done by two ...

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How did fingers crossed come to mean good luck? A brief history of this very valuable hand gesture.