At other times a knife is involved or the visitor is a child.
Meaning of dropping a knife and spoon on floor.
A man will visit if you drop a knife a woman if it s a fork or a child if its a spoon.
One version of the superstition holds that dropping a fork means a lady will merely pay a visit while dropping a spoon means you can expect a kiss.
Knife falls gentleman calls.
A knife placed under the bed during childbirth will ease the pain of labor.
This is the same as for dropping a fork only it will be a man.
When i was a child my best friend s mother always used to say that whenever silverware was dropped it meant company was company what you dropped fork knife spoon determining who was going to come male female etc.
If you drop a knife a man is coming.
If a friend gives you a knife you should give him a coin or your friendship will soon be broken.
Does anybody remember these.
So be careful when unloading the dishwasher.
For example was it that a dropped knife meant a male would come to visit.
Mother rarely used wives tales but this is one she always did.
If so you remember what they all were.
Only in doing research did the spoon dropping baby.
I still think about that when i drop silverware five second rule does not apply.
I just drop my knife to the floor unintentionally but because the blade was made of ceramic it broke in two.
Sometimes dropping a fork is said to presage a visit by a gentleman while dropping a spoon suggests a woman is going to come calling.
Maybe its true someone else should pick it up if it s a knife.
It is bad luck to close a pocket knife unless you were the one who opened it.
It felt rather awkward.
When a knife was dropped a man would be visiting soon a spoon was a woman and a fork is a couple.
I think they will be unexpected visitors.
A knife a man will come to visit.
It will cause a quarrel if knives are crossed at the table.
A spoon a child will come visit.
If the knife falls and points towards land the fisherman.
Another reads that if you drop a fork a man is coming to visit while a knife means a woman.
In iceland it is believed that when a knife is dropped by someone while cleaning fish and the knife lands pointing in the direction of the sea the fisherman will get a good haul the next time he goes fishing.
Bad things will happen if a knife falls and sticks into the floor.
If you drop a fork a woman will come to visit.