FOOTBALLERS blessing themselves is nothing new, but grass-touching is. When some footballers run on to the pitch they touch the grass before they cross themselves. Presumably they do it to bring good luck, but what is the origin of grass-touching? It seems to hark back to fundamental animism.
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