Hopefully your first-foot was a dark and handsome stranger. ❋ A. D. Scott (2010)
The "first-foot" superstition is found in countries as far apart as ❋ Clement A. Miles (N/A)
The "first-foot," on receiving his bread and cheese, is expected to return a short distance with the child, to show his good will. ❋ James Grant (N/A)
The destiny of the members of a family is greatly affected for a whole year, if not for life, by the "first-foot" on New Year's and ❋ James Grant (N/A)
It is more lucky to meet a man than a woman as a first-foot. ❋ James Grant (N/A)
The idea of the unluckiness of a woman's being the "first-foot" is extraordinarily widespread; the present writer has met with it in an ordinary London restaurant, where great stress was laid upon a man's opening the place on New Year's morning before the waitresses arrived. ❋ Clement A. Miles (N/A)
An unlucky "first-foot" brings misfortune with him or her, but a lucky "first-foot" introduces prosperity. ❋ James Grant (N/A)
In Sheffield the custom of "first-foot" is kept up on Christmas day and New Year's day, but there is no distinction as to complexion or colour of hair of the male who first enters the house. ❋ John Ashton (N/A)
It was a time for some youthful friend of the family to steal to the door, in the hope of meeting there the young maiden of his fancy, and obtaining the privilege of a kiss, as her _first-foot_. ❋ John Ashton (N/A)
Aberdeenshire it is considered most important that the "first-foot" should not come empty-handed. ❋ Clement A. Miles (N/A)
Northumberland -- is that the "first-foot" shall not be flat-footed: he should be a person with a high-arched instep, a foot that "water runs under." ❋ Clement A. Miles (N/A)
On these occasions a person of dark complexion always enters first, as a light-haired male or female is deemed unlucky to be the first-foot, or ❋ John Ashton (N/A)
We have already met with a "first-foot" in the _polaznik_ of the southern Slavs on Christmas Day. ❋ Clement A. Miles (N/A)
In Shropshire the most important principle is that if luck is to rest on a house the "first-foot" must not be a woman. ❋ Clement A. Miles (N/A)
I should be the first-foot here, only I'm no use as a qualtagh. ❋ Hall Caine (1892)
She had meant to declare that they wanted for nothing, perhaps to indicate that the wife of a tenant was hardly a fitting "first-foot" to venture over the threshold of a baronet of ancient name and of the sister who acted as his sponsor, tutor and governor. ❋ Unknown (1887)
However, it was a prosperous year, and a bleeding first-foot was not afterwards considered bad. ❋ James Napier (1847)
I remember that one year our first-foot was a man who had fallen and broken his bottle, and cut and bleeding was assisted into our house. ❋ James Napier (1847)
A plane-soled person was an unlucky first-foot; a pious sanctimonious person was not good, and a hearty ranting merry fellow was considered the best sort of first-foot. ❋ James Napier (1847)
My mother made up her mind that this was a most unfortunate first-foot, and that something serious would occur in the family during that year. ❋ James Napier (1847)