The Origin of Superstition – Don’t Turn Back. ep26, 1935

On the way to meet his date. the boy is teased by his sister, and parents. reTurning home back to get the ring he forgot, he is warned that it’s bad luck to turn back.

Dad sets him straight by recounting where the superstition came from, and a drama set in medieval times is presented. A maiden used the tactic of turning her suitor back, a delay calculated to cost him a victory, but one won by her people.

So how did our forgetful suitor fare? Did he lose at love, or escape to fight another day?