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1. Get a statue of St. Joseph. The size of the statue has nothing to do with how much money you're going to get for your house, thank goodness.

2. Bury him on your property (see instructions, above).

3. Ask him to help you sell your home. The following is from an Internet kit, and is definitely not the kind of prayer I would suggest be used: "Oh, St. Joseph, guardian of household needs, we know you don't like to be upside down in the ground, but the sooner escrow closes, the sooner we will dig you up and put you in a place of honor in our new home. Please bring us an acceptable offer (or any offer!) and help sustain our faith in the real estate market."

4. Thank him after your home sells.

5. Share your experience of how he helped you with others.

Does doing all this guarantee that St. Joseph will sell your house? Of course not. It's a silly superstition. But 2 million St. Joseph statues are sold nationally each year with enough testimonials from satisfied home sellers to make believers out of many. I'll confess that as I write this, I'm staring out my window at the lovely new statue of St. Joseph and his family we placed in our back yard. When I buried him at our old home (which I sold myself), we had our buyer within a week.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1753/should-you-bury-a-statue-of-st-joseph-to-help-sell-your-house

I've never heard of this superstition.But here are a couple of suggestions.

1) Your ex- wife

2) your ex-husband

3)Your neighbour's yapping bloody dog

4)Your bank manager

5) The real eastate agent you were using 'til last week.

country bumpkin

Love it!

Jimmy Hoffa.

GOLD???

Country Girl is spot on.

I remember reading about this about ten years ago.

Don't suppose it'd hurt but don't do it after dark or 

you might get a visit from the police.  ;)