# Found a miniature St. Joseph statue in my flower bed **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507 "2020-07-16T17:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/1 "2020-07-16T17:15:17Z")
Burying an upside down St. Joseph statue on your property is supposed to help you sell your house. I’m not Catholic, but apparently St. Joseph has become the patron saint of ReMax or other real estate firms. You can even buy kits that will include the miniature statue instruct you on how to properly bury it for maximized real estate blessings. We have lived in our house for about 2 1/2 years. The house was built in the early 80’s and we are the 4th owners, to my knowledge. I’m guessing that one of the former owners called upon St. Joseph to assist them in selling the house…it worked! But what do you do if you find the little guy? Do I store him away and rebury him when we’re ready to sell the house? I mean clearly he works. Should I drop him off at one of my local parish churches so he can feel at home? Chunk him in the trash? Maybe he’ll help the local landfill get sold. I’m at a quandry teeming millions. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/2 "2020-07-16T17:24:13Z")
Keep it. It’s part of the home’s history now. Like the layers of paint. It’s patina. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/3 "2020-07-16T17:57:35Z")
I think you are supposed to retrieve the statue once sold as you no longer have to threaten it with eternal suffocation… ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/4 "2020-07-16T18:00:14Z")
People don’t actually bury those statues; that’s a just-so story to explain their mysterious appearances. The kits you see in stores are there to bolster the myth, like how you see Santa Claus everywhere in december. Those statues actually appear on their own. You’ll need to find an exorcist. Preferably before the next full moon, for your own safety. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/5 "2020-07-16T18:15:40Z")
Don’t blink. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/6 "2020-07-16T18:36:42Z")
Call me if you find a buried garden gnome. Pffst. St. Joe, my eye. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/7 "2020-07-16T19:58:05Z")
Get a minature St. Mary statue. Store them together for a year and check back for a Baby Jesus statue. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/8 "2020-07-16T21:46:42Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Keep it. It’s part of the home’s history now Definitely. When I went to the open house for the house I bought, I opened a corner cabinet to find a rather large and very nice Blessed Mother Mary statue standing next to a bottle of Windex. I asked the house flipper about it. He says he brings one to every house he works on to bring him luck. I asked him if I bought the house, could I have the statue too. He said sure, and she now stands proudly on a display shelf. Never mind that I’m Jewish. I like her. She’s pretty. And she’s part of the house’s history. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/9 "2020-07-16T22:06:33Z")
Well, she was a Jewish girl herself. Too bad she’s also a graven image. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/10 "2020-07-16T22:58:07Z")
Luckily I’m not a very good Jew. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/11 "2020-07-16T22:59:03Z")
I found a G.I. Joe’s leg on my former lawn a couple days ago. Strange thing is, my kid never had one of these toys. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/12 "2020-07-16T23:30:34Z")
No buried statuary yet, but so far I’ve unearthed a large quantity of hundred year-old bricks and an ancient perfume bottle. As I extend the garden, no idea what (or who) might turn up. “I opened a corner cabinet to find a rather large and very nice Blessed Mother Mary statue standing next to a bottle of Windex.” Does she keep the windows non-streaky clean? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/13 "2020-07-18T00:21:10Z")
Nu? Just don’t worship her. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/14 "2020-07-18T03:25:03Z")
Yeah, but that Barbie doll head is kinda creepy. Just sayin’😲 ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/15 "2020-07-19T16:14:58Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I opened a corner cabinet to find a rather large and very nice Blessed Mother Mary statue standing next to a bottle of Windex. When I moved into a former house the previous owners had not fully cleaned it out. There was a life sized plaster statue of some lady standing on a bed of snakes in the dining room. They did move here after a few days. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/16 "2020-07-19T16:30:00Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Get a minature St. Mary statue. Store them together for a year and check back for a Baby Jesus statue. Don’t you have to put in some Holy Spirit into the mix? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/17 "2020-07-19T20:18:00Z")
After we moved in here I dug up the entire yard (back yard only, San Francisco) so as to remove the weeds and to put in a patio on part of it and a garden in the rest of it. The only things I ever found were some chew bones buried by some dog, a couple of cans full of cooking grease, and a very small metal cross, maybe 2" tall, with some kind of interesting design on it that I can’t remember. I don’t know what became of that cross, we’ve been here almost 16 years. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/18 "2020-07-19T21:39:17Z")
That’s just weird. I did the St. Joseph statue thing when I listed my old house. Didn’t hurt, anyway. And I did exhume him when the house sold; not sure what I ended up doing with it. I also exhumed some broken china, and hand trimmers that were rusted solid and no handles - probably wooden, and had rotted off. I was the 3rd owner; the 2nd owner was there for maybe 5 years, and the previous other for 70! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-miniature-st-joseph-statue-in-my-flower-bed/915507/19 "2020-07-19T22:02:39Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > Get a minature St. Mary statue. Store them together for a year and check back for a Baby Jesus statue. > > Don’t you have to put in some Holy Spirit into the mix? Or possibly a miniature Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera statue.