New York.
659. To avert ill luck or disappointment that will come if a person comes back to a house for something forgotten, he must sit down a minute.
General in New England.
660. To go back into the house for something after starting on a journey is unpropitious. To have it brought out is all right.
Iowa.
661. If you have to go back to the house after something forgotten, you must not sit down, but stand a moment or two, or else it is bad luck.
Cape Breton.
662. If you start anywhere and go back, it is bad luck unless you make a cross-mark and spit in it.
Alabama and Kentucky.
MISCELLANEOUS.