Why thais put metal coils with little bells around babies legs?.

[BeefSlapper]

Hi anyone knows whats that about? metal coils with little bells around babies legs?.

What is it means, what is it for?

thx

[Soutpeel]

Going to hazard a guess and suggest the bells make a noise to scare thw ghosts away

[BeefSlapper]

found that http://www.vice.com/read/searching-for-thailands-grimmest-good-luck-charm

http://www.thaiamuletsales.com/buddhist-history/thai-black-magic/

[Patsycat]

I bought loads of them for my friends in Europe. And the wooden cribbet frogs...

Mothers can hear the kids running around. A bit like sqeeky shoes.

None have died.

But some parents wanted to kill me, over the frogs. Kids just love them.

Edited July 26, 2015 by Patsycat

[kannot]

so they dont lose them

[BeefSlapper]

orite, I just couldn't get it, where I come from we put little bells on cows, sheep and that...

[vogie]

orite, I just couldn't get it, where I come from we put little bells on cows, sheep and that...

Probably when the babies wet their nappies its easier to ring them out.

[BeefSlapper]

I think its more to do with thier black magic things

[tolsti]

its so they notice the noise difference when they fall off the back of the motorbike.

[swampdonkey]

I think its more to do with thier black magic things

Do you actually know what black magic is ?

[BeefSlapper]

I think its more to do with thier black magic things

Do you actually know what black magic is ?

Not exactly

But i know they do some thai vodoo

[Bardeh]

I imagine it's mostly something to do with some sort of superstition. I will say, though, that once our son started walking they became incredibly handy to keep track of him. As soon as they went quiet you would know he was up to no good

[LawrenceChee]

It's to protect the infant from the bad spirits on the house and practicality it's also serves as a noise maker so you know if they have crawled off too far

[BeefSlapper]

They put on my daughter. Wasnt happy at first. But got over it. At least we hear when she wakes up.

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[BKKdreaming]

around here we just put a cow bell on the kids , and put them out in the yard with the livestock

ok.....it was a joke....

[kannot]

I think its more to do with thier black magic things

Do you actually know what black magic is ?

Yes its a box of dark chocolates made in the Uk why? anything else is just rubbish.