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IF YOU DROP A PIECE OF SILVERWARE WHILE SETTING THE
TABLE, YOU WILL HAVE COMPANY FOR DINNER. THE PIECE
YOU DROP DETERMINES WHO WILL COME:
KNIFE--MAN
FORK--YOUNG BOY
SPOON--WOMAN
TEASPOON--YOUNG GIRL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 04-04-1972

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