w York._

620. Pancake Day is Shrove Tuesday. If you do not eat pancakes on that
day, you will have no luck throughout the year. The hens won't lay, etc.
_Chestertown, Md._

621. When the two figures that tell one's age are alike, as 22, 33, etc.,
some great change in life is to be expected.
_Nashua, N.H._

DRESSING.

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._

HORSESHOES.

631. It is good luck to find a horseshoe.
_General in the United States and Canada._

632. The luck is especially good if the loop end is towards you, that is,
if you meet it.
_Miramichi, N.B._

633. If you find horseshoes and pick them up, you will have a horse.

634. The more nails in the horseshoe, the more luck.
_Western Pennsylvania._

635. To find a horseshoe nail is good luck, especially if the head is
towards you.
_Miramichi, N.B._

636. If horseshoes are put up over a house for luck, the points should
not be placed downwards, or the luck will slip through.

PINS.

637. See a pin and pick it up,
All the day you'll