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.

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.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 624.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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