Brewer's: Itching of the Eye

If the right eye itches it betokens laughter at hand; if the left eye, it betokens grief; but Shakespeare does not observe this distinction.

My right eye itches now, so I shall see My love.

Theocritus, i. 37.

Mine eyes do itch; Doth that forebode weeping?

Shakespeare: Othello, iv. 3.

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