Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Right Foot Foremost.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Right Foot Foremost.

In Rome a boy was stationed at the door of a mansion to caution visitors not to cross the threshold with their left foot, which would have been an ill omen.	1

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