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1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca at Herculanus nodus The newe maryed bryde..shoulde be gyrte with a woullen gyrdelle knyt with Hercules knotte, whyche the housbande for good lucke shulde vndoo in the bedde.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ix. sig. Cii Nowe for good lucke, cast an olde shoe after mee.

1631 P. Fletcher Sicelides iii. iv. sig. F3 I was making my supplantation to Trustie Triton for good lucke, and see if he haue not heard mee: our nets are returnd.

1664 F. Gouldman Copious Dict. i. at Fig Figs, nuts or dates, which the Athenians used to pour on the heads of..new brides for good luck.

1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair iv. 32 I sacrifice a Louis-d'Or to thee for good luck.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Superstitions 64 It is a common practice among the lower class of hucksters..on receiving the price of the first goods sold that day, which they call hansel, to spit on the money..for good luck.

1835 True Sun 15 Dec. 1/3 A piece of an old horse-shoe, which he had pocketed for good luck.

1882 Cent. Mag. Nov. 68/1 It was sprinkled in their fish-weirs for good luck.

1966 Mrs. L. B. Johnson Diary 1 Jan. (1970) 346 We had ham and black-eyed peas for good luck at New Year's.

2002 Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Dec. b5/1 Basil Cakes,..baked with a coin inside, are given for good luck in the new year.