TURNING BACK

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• #656

  It is unlucky to turn back for anything after you have set out to go anywhere.

  Prince Edward Island.
• #657

  Returning to the house for something and starting again without sitting down is bad luck.

  Virginia.
• #658

  It will prove unlucky if you return for a forgotten article after you have left the house; but if you seat yourself before leaving the house again, the misfortune will be averted.

  New York.
• #659

  To avert ill luck or disappointment that will come if a person comes back to a house for something forgotten, he must sit down a minute.

  General in New England.
• #660

  To go back into the house for something after starting on a journey is unpropitious. To have it brought out is all right.

  Iowa.
• #661

  If you have to go back to the house after something forgotten, you must not sit down, but stand a moment or two, or else it is bad luck.

  Cape Breton.
• #662

  If you start anywhere and go back, it is bad luck unless you make a cross-mark and spit in it.

  Alabama and Kentucky.