Dropping A Knife On The Floor

One version of the superstition holds that dropping a fork means a lady will merely pay a visit while dropping a spoon means you can expect a kiss.

Dropping a knife on the floor. In another superstition a dropped knife is a bad sign. Sometimes dropping a fork is said to presage a visit by a gentleman while dropping a spoon suggests a woman is going to come calling. If you dropped your sword then lost concentration trying to retrieve it your opponent had the. Good luck will come from the direction in which the knife is leaning.

Dropping silverware means company is coming. When you drop a knife it means you ll have a fight a knife a fight. That s what my mom always said way back when. Also if you sweep a person s foot while sweeping the floor they re going to jail.

Don t buy a yellow lighter. A dropped knife means a man will visit. I heard that if you drop a knife on the floor it is unlucky if you pick it up yourself but okay if someone picks it up for you. Bad things will happen if a knife falls and sticks into the floor.

Another reads that if you drop a fork a man. At other times a knife is involved or the visitor is a child. A dropped knife that sticks into the ground is a good sign. In iceland it is believed that when a knife is dropped by someone while cleaning fish and the knife lands pointing in the direction of the sea the fisherman will get a good haul the next time he goes fishing.

I think they will be unexpected visitors. If the knife falls and points towards land the fisherman. If my mum dropped a knife on the floor it stayed there until someone walked in and then she would ask him or her to pick it up for her. Drop many pieces of silverware and a family is coming.

I later studied superstition and found that it was a sensible request and probably came from the days of duelling. Maybe its true someone else should pick it up if it s a knife.