See a pin and pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you’ll have all day
An old belief that pennies found heads up provide good luck to those who find them
Recorded in Pepys's diary for 2 January 1668 as quoted by Sir William Coventry (1628? –86), "He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound.
