If your left ear itches, some one is saying unpleasant things about you; but if your right ear, pleasant things. Some say,—
Both left and right
Are good at night.
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If your left ear itches, some one is saying unpleasant things about you; but if your right ear, pleasant things. Some say,—
Both left and right
Are good at night.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 1347.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
Modern normalized navigation; the historical attribution above remains unchanged.