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Dictionary definition: WHITE HORSE
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WHITE HORSE
1850
N & Q
1st ser. 1451 [Midlands]
It is believed a sign of ‘bad luck’ to meet a white horse, unless the person spits at it.
1861
N & Q
2nd ser. XII 490–1.
Grey horses at a wedding lucky. This probably is simply because white is considered the wedding colour.
1861
C. C. ROBINSON
Dialect of Leeds
316.
‘Good luck for a grey horse!’—A common expression of children, accompanied by the act of spitting over their little finger, at the sight of a grey horse, an action supposed to bring good luck, and … they congregate at places where a long line of road is before the eye, and at the first glimpse of such an animal perform this ...
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