Maybe that was a seven-year itch.
Did you ever get an itchy nose? That means you will kiss a fool.
Did you know that the pagan Tacitus (died 276 CE) wrote of the notion of itching skin on the hands an anticipation of receiving money?
"... Galba's own servants had itching palms eager to catch at an unexpected windfall ..."
and Shakespeare, writing before the King James Bible was published, has Brutus say,
"And let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself
Are much condemned to have an itching palm,
To sell and mart your offices for gold
To underservers."
And in an article on
common superstitions, we find:
"If your palm itches, you will soon receive money. "