Ball Perfect Mason #13
- Thread starter Stoney
- Start date
Welcome to our Antique Bottle community
Be a part of something great, join today!
whiskeyman
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2005
- Messages
- 2,305
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 0
Yo STONEY...ya misunderstood a little bit. Back years ago a fellow in Northeast Tenn. started a myth about the #13 jars. Said they were scarce , due mainly to housewives and moonshiners breaking them all, believing them to cause ill luck because of the #13 being on the bottom. As a result #13 jars soared in value. I saw a half gallon fetch over $100 at an auction a couple years ago. And, the trend has not only continued, but spread to other parts of the country as well.
cobaltbot
Well-Known Member
No I think the urban myth is that there are fewer of the mould # 13's around because moonshiners and others broke them as being bad luck jars. This may have happened to a couple but truth is there are as many 13's as the rest of the mold numbers. The hype that surrounds these does make them sell for a few more dollars than the other mould numbers.
I read a post on here a while back, that the moonshine jar as I always called it in reference to the story I always heard about the moonshiners breaking them was not right. I do not remember who posted it now, but they stated that the moonshine theory was not correct. It was stated that people who canned with the jars considered the 13 jars bad luck to can with, and would break them for fear the jar would not seal and the contents would spoil. I thought that was a great thought to the theory as well. Maybe both theories are correct.
capsoda
Well-Known Member
I heard that aliens brought them from space!!!! [sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif]
Juss shinnen ya. There are a number of those stories going around. Its all just poop poo but you just can't convince some folks of that. I knew and older lady, acctually see was a good friend and neighbor, whos husband was a shine runner durring the deppresion and she said that breaking a jar for any reason was dumb because the cost money.
Juss shinnen ya. There are a number of those stories going around. Its all just poop poo but you just can't convince some folks of that. I knew and older lady, acctually see was a good friend and neighbor, whos husband was a shine runner durring the deppresion and she said that breaking a jar for any reason was dumb because the cost money.
huffmnd
Well-Known Member
If it was a rumor it took hold of a lot of folks around here in Tennessee a long time ago, all of the old moonshiners that I ever talked to (my daddy, my uncles, my grandpa my neighbor and a good friend) would tell you the same thing.
BAD LUCK!!!
If you want to get a fresh drink of water you have to go to the head of the stream
.
BAD LUCK!!!
If you want to get a fresh drink of water you have to go to the head of the stream
Similar threads
Latest posts
-
Rare Utah can added to my collection!- Latest: timeandabottle
-
-
-
Looking for info; embossed BUBBLES; no other markings.
- Latest: Step Back In Time
-
Members online
No members online now.
Latest threads
-
-
Looking for info; embossed BUBBLES; no other markings.
- Started by MSZ
- Replies: 6
-
-
C.1870 Utah drugstore with a snake on pestle
- Started by timeandabottle
- Replies: 0
-
Rare Utah can added to my collection!
- Started by timeandabottle
- Replies: 2
-