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DROPPING A SPOON MEANS COMPANY'S COMING.
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: 02-13-1968
IF A SPOON FALLS FROM THE TABLE, IT MEANS A HUNGRY
GUEST WILL VISIT THE HOME.
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: 01-15-1968
IF YOU DROP A SPOON A CHILD WILL SOON COME.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER HAD MANY SUCH OMENS.
Where learned: HOME
| 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: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DROP A SPOON ON THE FLOOR, IT MEANS THAT
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHILD VISITOR SHORTLY.
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: 03-30-1968
IF A FORK DROPS, ONE SET OF COMPANY IS COMING; IF A
KNIFE DROPS, TWO SETS OF COMPANY ARE COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; 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: 02-19-1970
IF YOU DROP A FORK YOU WILL BE VISITED BY A WOMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
| 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: 10-05-1970
IF YOU DROP A FORK DURING A MEAL, IT MEANS MALE COMPANY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| 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: 11-11-1968
DROP A FORK AND SOMEONE WILL COME IN HUNGRY.
Submitter comment: SOURCE: FROM MY MOTHER.
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: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU DROP A FORK, YOU CAN EXPECT COMPANY.
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: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DROP A FORK BY ACCIDENT, A WOMAN IS COMING.
Submitter comment: WHENEVER SOMEONE DROPS A FORK, MY MOTHER SAYS THIS.
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: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DROP A FORK YOU WILL HAVE COMPANY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| 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: 00001950S
IF YOU DROP A FORK, YOU'LL SOON HAVE COMPANY.
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: 11-00-1969
IF YOU DROP A FORK THEN IT'S BELIEVED THAT COMPANY
IS COMING.
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: 10-02-1968
IF A FORK FALLS OFF THE TABLE ONTO THE FLOOR DURING
ANY MEAL, SOMEONE WHO IS HUNGRY WILL SOON KNOCK
ON YOUR DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| 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: NOT GIVEN
WHEN A FORK FALLS ON THE FLOOR, COMPANY WILL COME FROM
THE DIRECTION ITS TINES POINT TO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| 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: 01-30-1968
IF YOU DROP A FORK A LADY WILL APPEAR.
Submitter comment: SOURCE: GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| 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: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DROP A FORK IT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE
A LADY VISITOR SHORTLY.
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: 03-30-1968
IF YOU DROP A FORK, A COUPLE WILL VISIT.
Where learned: OTHER WOMEN
| 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: 11-26-1967
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN IS COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| 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: 10-24-1969
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN WILL SOON VISIT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
| 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: 10-04-1970