Andrew Dwyer Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Saw, yesterday, on a walk up to a temple ( wat pa khlong sip et ) several eggs placed on tree stumps, must have been about 8 or 9 at intervals of about 50 to 100 yards. Asked the gf but she knows nothing. Just for curiosity [emoji51] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Worker forgot their boiled egg lunch on first stump. People then come to the temple to make merit and seeing first egg think it is something to do with merit making . Without knowing the reasoning behind it they nonetheless start putting eggs on succeeding stumps. So.....not stumped any more I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEVUP Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 1 minute ago, Denim said: Worker forgot their boiled egg lunch on first stump. People then come to the temple to make merit and seeing first egg think it is something to do with merit making . Without knowing the reasoning behind it they nonetheless start putting eggs on succeeding stumps. So.....not stumped any more I hope. Yes how true, but am amazed OP's wife doesn't know - On the news there was a Thai that offered something like 50,000 eggs as a blessing for good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 1 minute ago, BEVUP said: Yes how true, but am amazed OP's wife doesn't know - On the news there was a Thai that offered something like 50,000 eggs as a blessing for good luck Just another yokel shelling out for merit.......pretty common here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Yes how true, but am amazed OP's wife doesn't know - On the news there was a Thai that offered something like 50,000 eggs as a blessing for good luckShe is my gf not my wife , what has she been saying !! [emoji51]I assumed it was just some merit making deal but as she didn't know I thought I would ask the question as she's usually pretty good on these type of questions . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiLightning2143 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Yes, put an Egg on a stump. Then go see a lizard to get lotto numbers.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 There are wild chickens near that temple and they laid an egg on the tree stumps .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Denim said: Just another yokel shelling out for merit.......pretty common here. You mean pretty common everywhere religion is practised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattd Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Got me stumped...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Obviously a disoriented hen. It's a yoke alwhite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Jurassic Park.. get outta there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csabo Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Solves the age old mystery or which came first. Obviously it was the egg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 43 minutes ago, csabo said: Solves the age old mystery or which came first. Obviously it was the egg. Correct................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Easter Bunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Eggsactly folks , thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquis22 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 MIL puts egg shells on top of the stakes used for climbing beans etc and in pot plants. Rather she use complete compost though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTC Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Thais will go to ask for something from a spirit which can reside in all manner of places and promise to give back something in return .... usually food and often a large amount of eggs. If the thing they ask for 'coincidentally' occurs, they will offer and place the food / eggs / items where they believe the spirit lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Deerhunter Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 (edited) 10 hours ago, BEVUP said: Yes how true, but am amazed OP's wife doesn't know - On the news there was a Thai that offered something like 50,000 eggs as a blessing for good luck That is silly. But the 300 pigs head's in Koran a few months ago was just gross. The egg on tree stumps will.be some superstitious nonsense. People make this stuff up as they go along. Thai Buddhism contains huge amounts of previous Buddhist animist stuff. Like Christianity borrowing theI mid winter solstice as Christ's birthday and Easter fertility rites as his death. Edited July 6, 2017 by The Deerhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 14 minutes ago, The Deerhunter said: That is silly. But the 300 pigs head's in Koran a few months ago was just gross. The egg on tree stumps will.be some superstitious nonsense. People make this stuff up as they go along. Thai Buddhism contains huge amounts of previous Buddhist animist stuff. Like Christianity borrowing theI mid winter solstice as Christ's birthday and Easter fertility rites as his death. 300 pig heads in a Koran? That's not going o go over very well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 It's a slow way of getting a chicken to the top of a tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starky Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 13 hours ago, Denim said: Just another yokel shelling out for merit.......pretty common here. Dont you mean a yolkel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Eggstraordinary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Deerhunter Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 21 hours ago, canuckamuck said: 300 pig heads in a Koran? That's not going o go over very well! Well spotted. Unfortunately Mr Google spotted Korat first and thought he knew better and made it Koran. Quite amusing, that one!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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