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IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN WILL VISIT SOON. A
SPOON DROPPED, MEANS A CHILD WILL VISIT. A FORK
DROPPED IS A SIGN THAT A WOMAN WILL DROP IN.

Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FRENCH GRANDMOTHER EARLY IN HER
LIFE (AROUND 1910.)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware

Date learned: 00001949 CA.

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