Wear the boot (or shoe) on the side, a rich man’s bride;
On the toe, spend as you go;
On the heel, love to do weel;
On the ball, live to spend all.
Boston.
Superstition #1397
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 1397.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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