Does anybody know the sources for these bits of prose??

[taliesin238]

Ben Johnson:- "Hurl after me a shoe, I'll be merry whatever I do".

Heywood (or Haywood):- "And home again hitherward quick as a bee, Now for good luck cast an old shoe at me".

Tennyson:- "For this thou shalt from all things seek, Marrow of mrith and laughter, and wheresoe'er thou move, good luck shall throw her old shoe after me".

[Quizmonster]

No 1. Masque of Queens. I found it by entering "hurl after me a shoe"+jonson (there's no 'h') into the Google search-slot. I'll bet you can do the same yourself with the others. Give it a go!

[Quizmonster]

I may have jumped the gun there, actually. Having posted my reply, I then went and had a proper look at the linked page. The connection may not be as clear as I had imagined! Nevertheless, over to you to do some googling.

[Quizmonster]

My humble apologies, Taliesin. It's definitely not from Masque of Queens! Click here for a site with the complete text. Searching for the word 'after', it is at no time followed by "me a shoe".
There are, however, several sites with his complete works, so you could trawl through them all!
Sorry for my initial haste.

[BigMac]

I'll give you another clue for your Google search: marriage.

[dundurn]

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/%7Emarc-carlson /shoe/RESEARCH/CONCEALED/shoestuff.htm

seems to have done all the work for you - -a whole list of shoeperstitions - his pun, not mine!