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 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._ 639. See a pin and pick it up for luck. If the head is towards you, the luck is slow in coming; if the point is towards you, the luck is quick and sharp. _Boston, Mass._ 640. If you see a pin crosswise, that is, across your path, it means a ride if you pick it up. _Boston, Mass._