Ivys's domain... Superstitions and wives tales

Feet

..... On the whole feet are associated with good luck.... Scottish tradition has it that babies born feet first have special healing powers that maybe exercised by treading on the affected limb of those suffering from such conditions as rheumatism and lumbago.

..... Soles that itch are said to be signs that the person concerned is about to embark on a unplanned trip.

..... Back in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the authorities sometimes took the precaution of preventing condemned witches from touching the earth with their feet, specially after they have been sentenced, for fear that this would enable the witch to escape by magic and bring further harm to their enemies.

I.M.Summers