DRESSING

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• #622

  If you put on any garment wrong side out, as, for example, a pair of stockings, never change it, as to do so brings ill luck. This direction is intuitively followed by many people who are entirely free from conscious superstition.

  General in the United States.
• #623

  If you put a garment on wrong side out, you mustn’t speak of it, or you will have bad luck.

  Maine.
• #624

  If you put a garment on wrong side out, or a hat on wrong end before, spit on it before turning, to prevent bad luck.

  Maine and Ohio.
• #625

  If a garment is put on wrong side out, it is lucky, but unlucky to turn it.

  Prince Edward Island and Massachusetts.
• #626

  To clothe the left foot before the right one is a sign of misfortune.

  Ohio.
• #627

  If you button up your dress wrong, i. e., do not begin with the button and button-hole opposite each other, it means bad luck, or good luck if worn uneven until after sunset.

  Cape Breton.
• #628

  The putting of the left shoe on the right foot, lacing it wrong, or losing a button, are all bad signs.

  Alabama.
• #629

  Walking across the room with one shoe off is a sign of ill luck.

  Alabama.
• #630

  When putting on your shoes and stockings, if you complete dressing one foot before beginning to dress the other, it is a sign you will be disappointed.

  Northern Ohio.