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. Don t buy a yellow lighter. Dropping silverware means company is coming. Good luck will come from the direction in which the knife is leaning. 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. A dropped knife that sticks into the ground is a good sign. In another superstition a dropped knife is a bad sign. Another reads that if you drop a fork a man.

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. Also if you sweep a person s foot while sweeping the floor they re going to jail. If you drop a knife a man is coming to visit while a fork means a woman and a spoon a child. When you drop a knife it means you ll have a fight a knife a fight.

Maybe its true someone else should pick it up if it s a knife. A man will visit if you drop a knife a woman if it s a fork or a child if its a spoon. 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. I think they will be unexpected visitors.

I later studied superstition and found that it was a sensible request and probably came from the days of duelling. That s what my mom always said way back when. Drop many pieces of silverware and a family is coming. Bad things will happen if a knife falls and sticks into the floor.

At other times a knife is involved or the visitor is a child. Do not leave crossed knives on the counter top or there will be an argument.