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| Wind the clock—first |
It used to be a nightly ritual for untold numbers of people: before retiring for the night, wind the clock and put out the cat. Well, not many clocks need to be wound any more, and, thanks to cat litter, there is no pressing need to put cats outdoors.
But in times past the two tasks were closely connected. In fact, a superstition arose that you had to do them in the right sequence: wind the clock, then put out the cat; if you reversed the order, bad luck would befall you.
