What properties did Henry dobbins say we're in the panty house?

Henry carried his girlfriend's pantyhose around his neck for comfort. He said they had the properties of a good-luck charm.

Henry Dobbins carried his girlfriend's pantyhose wrapped around his neck as a comforter.

The pantyhose, he said, had the properties of a good-luck charm. He liked putting his nose into the nylon and breathing in the scent of his girlfriend's body; he liked the memories this inspired; he sometimes slept with the stockings up against his face, the way an infant sleeps with a flannel blanket, secure and peaceful.