The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A FORK, A WOMAN IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, A CHILD IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A DISHRAG, SOME SLOP IS COMING.

Submitter comment: HEARD WHEN YOUNG IN THE EARLY 1900S. INFORMANT'S DAUGHTER
ALSO REMEMBERS HEARING THIS WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG IN THE LATE 30S.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH

Date learned: 10-02-1971