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._
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._
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.
637. See a pin and pick it up, All the day you'll have good luck; See a pin and pass it by (or "let it lie"), All the day your luck will fly. _Eastern Massachusetts._
638. See a pin and pick it up, All the day you'll have good luck; See a pin and let it lie, Come to sorrow by and by. _New York._