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IF YOU DROP A KNIFE YOU CAN EXPECT A MAN VISITOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| 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: 03-24-1970
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE
COMPANY.
Submitter comment:
JUDY LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD IN NEW JERSEY.
HER MOTHER USED TO SAY IT ALL THE TIME. SHE HONESTLY
BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW JERSEY ; BIRMINGHAM
| 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: CHILDHOOD ; 11-27-1965
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE BY ACCIDENT, A MAN IS COMING.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER ALWAYS 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
A KNIFE DROPPED MEANS A MAN WILL SOON VISIT.
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: 11-05-1968
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN 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: UNKNOWN
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE ON THE FLOOR, IT MEANS THAT YOU
ARE GOING TO HAVE A MALE 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 WHILE YOU ARE EATING DINNER, YOU SHOULD DROP A FORK,
A MAN IS COMING TO VISIT YOU; IF A SPOON IS DROPPED
A WOMAN IS COMING TO VISIT YOU.
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: 09-09-1969
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE ON THE FLOOR, IT MEANS THAT A
MAN WILL COME TO VISIT YOU. IF IT IS A FORK OR
SPOON THAT YOU DROP, IT MEANS THAT A WOMAN VISITOR
WILL VISIT YOU.
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: 00001967 FALL
THE DROPPING OF SILVERWARE AT THE TABLE REPRESENTED
THIS:
IF A KNIFE WAS DROPPED, A MAN WOULD VISIT THAT DAY.
IF A SPOON WAS DROPPED A LADY WOULD VISIT THAT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| 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: 11-15-1969
IF (YOU) DROP KNIFE, SOMEONE TO BACK DOOR.
IF (YOU) DROP FORK, SOMEONE FRONT DOOR.
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: 11-30-1967
IF A KNIFE FALLS WHILE YOU ARE EATING DINNER, IT MEANS
A MAN IS COMING TO DINNER. IF A FORK FALLS, A WOMAN
IS COMING. IF A SOUP SPOON FALLS A YOUNG LADY WILL
ARRIVE. IF A SMALL SPOON FALLS, A YOUNG CHILD IS
COMING. THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THESE IMPLEMENTS FALL
IS THE DIRECTION YOUR GUESTS WILL COME FROM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
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: 04-05-1970
IF YOU DROP A SPOON ON THE FLOOR, SOME LADY IS GOING
TO VISIT YOU SOON. IF YOU DROP A FORK, THE VISITOR
WILL BE A MAN.
Submitter comment:
I WAS TOLD THIS WHEN SOMEONE DROPPED A SPOON, SHE
WAS DRYING. (WE WERE EXPECTING THE SCHOOL SUPER-
VISOR.)
Where learned: MINNESOTA
| 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 |
WHEN A SPOON FELL ON THE FLOOR, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT
A LADY WOULD VISIT. WHEN A KNIFE FELL, A MAN WAS
EXPECTED TO VISIT. IF A FORK FELL EVERYONE SAID,
"COMPANY'S COMING."
Submitter comment:
THIS MY MOTHER REMEMBERED SINCE SHE WAS FIVE YEARS
OLD (1926).
| 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: 00-00-1926
IF A TEASPOON FALLS TO THE FLOOR, A YOUNG GIRL IS COMING;
IF IT'S A SOUP SPOON, IT'LL BE AN OLD WOMAN; IF IT'S A
KNIFE, IT'LL BE A MAN.
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE
| 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: 03-07-1970
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, YOU WILL HAVE A MAN VISITOR.
IF YOU DROP A FORK, YOU WILL HAVE A WOMAN VISITOR.
AND IF YOU DROP A SPOON, YOU WILL HAVE A CHILD VISITOR..
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
| 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 AT DINNER, THEN YOU'LL HAVE FEMALE
COMPANY. IF YOU DROP A SPOON AT DINNER, THEN YOU'LL
HAVE CHILD COMPANY, IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, AT DINNER,
THEN YOU'LL HAVE MALE 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: 11-02-1969
DROP A FORK; A MAN'S COMING.
DROP A KNIFE; A WOMAN'S COMING.
DROP A SPOON; DISAPPOINTMENT IS AHEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-16-1968
IF YOU DROP A FORK, YOU WILL HAVE A MALE VISITOR.
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, YOUR VISITOR WILL BE FEMALE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, YOU WILL RECEIVE BAD NEWS.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
Date learned: 00-00-1956
IF A SPOON DROPS, IT MEANS THAT A CHILD IS COMING.
IF A FORK DROPS, IT MEANS THAT A WOMAN IS COMING.
IF A KNIFE DROPS, IT MEANS THAT A MAN 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: 03-23-1968
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE A MAN WILL VISIT YOU. IF YOU DROP
A FORK A LADY WILL VISIT. IF YOU DROP A SPOON YOU'LL
GET A KISS.
Submitter comment:
THERE'S A POLISH SUPERSTITION THAT IF YOU DROP AN
EATING UTENSIL SOMEONE IS COMING TO VISIT, BUT IT'S
NOT AS SPECIFIC AS THIS SUPERSTITION.
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: 09-23-1967