webfact Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Fourth time lucky? Meatball guy treats 1,000 villagers hoping for lottery riches from sacred tree trunk Picture: Sanook More than 1,000 Thai people flocked to a paddy field in Phitsanulok yesterday to divine lottery numbers from a tree trunk. An ancient "takhian" tree trunk - believed to house the spirit of "Mae Maliwan" - was found in the Kapao Klong in Khor Dong sub-district of the northern Thai province. The man who discovered it said that the spirit of the goddess appeared to him in a dream and solemnly intoned: "Please remove me from the canal - I have been lying here for 800 years". Picture: Sanook Unfortunately it would cost a small fortune for the huge log to be dredged up so it remained half hidden. At this point a local "luuk chin" (meatball) factory owner showed an interest. After cleverly working out the numbers, he managed to win the lottery three times in a row to the tune of 400,000 baht. In order to pay back the goddess for her bounty he decided to spend several tens of thousands of baht dredging up the log and housed it in a shelter. Yesterday he treated all comers to 100 kilos of his delicious meatballs and organised a brass band. Picture: Sanook A "buang suang" worship and sacrifice ceremony was held and lottery numbers were divined from dance routines. Sanook reported that 128, 586, 51, 59 and 68 were all the rage. A large number of lottery ticket sellers at the scene were doing a roaring trade. Picture: Sanook Sanook made no mention that it might not prove lucky for 1,000 people to be gathering in close proximity amid the coronavirus pandemic, notes Thaivisa. Instead they published more than a dozen pictures of the event. Source: Sanook -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-07-17 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 3 hours ago, webfact said: Sanook reported that 128, 586, 51, 59 and 68 were all the rage. No Way! I have it on devine authority that the numbers are................! ???? How gullible are these clowns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Dough Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 54 minutes ago, PatOngo said: No Way! I have it on devine authority that the numbers are................! ???? How gullible are these clowns? Is that de grape vine? Rooster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 6 hours ago, webfact said: More than 1,000 Thai people flocked to a paddy field in Phitsanulok yesterday to divine lottery numbers from a tree trunk I think it was the free meatballs that clinched it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 6 hours ago, webfact said: The man who discovered it said that the spirit of the goddess appeared to him in a dream and solemnly intoned: "Please remove me from the canal - I have been lying here for 800 years". Been on the Lao Khao again???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Dough Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 I find the innate cultural wisdom of these stories highly enlightening. Rooster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 It always amazes me when I hear stories like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inThailand Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 A 1,000 meat heads hoping a tree makes them money. No wonder this country is f...ed up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 There are these, so called, holy trees all over Thailand. You probably have one in your front yard. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkski Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 is this a certain species of tree? we like the naivety sometimes but not always. are we not funny observers in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 I'm not certain what genus of tree constitutes a Holy tree. But I have observed, practically every village in Thailand has one. You would be hard pressed to go to one of these country temples and them not have a Holy tree. So then you have to decide in your mind, which Holy tree is giving the correct lottery numbers. With thousands of Holy trees around, and someone discerning 4, 5 or 6 numbers from a tree, one of them is going to hit a number occasionally if even just one number, like 16 or 5. A person could basically go out in the forest somewhere, find a old fallen down tree, load it up, deposit it in his front yard and then sell tickets to a newly discovered Holy tree. With the caveat, if this tree is not giving you a lucky lottery number, your not Holy enough or worthy. I see nothing but good fortune ahead. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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