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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.