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Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6411, 6 November 1923, Page 6

Superstition dies hard. This little truism was exemplified in Willis street, Wellington, recently. A ladder was placed against h wall by t some workmen engaged in painting a business premises. Two women with market baskets on their arm were making their way along the street. When directly beneath the ladder one sharply called, “Come back!” in no uncertain terms to her companion. The bewildered shopper hesitated, glanced heavenwards, and to her horror observed the ladder. Rather than walk beneath it, as hundreds had probably done during the afternoon, she hurriedly rejoined her friend, and the pair walked round the obstacle in the good old-fashioned way.