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.
Meaning of dropping a knife and spoon on floor.
This is the same as for dropping a fork only it will be a man.
Does anybody remember these.
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.
A man will visit if you drop a knife a woman if it s a fork or a child if its a spoon.
If the knife falls and points towards land the fisherman.
For her it was spoon was women and fork was man.
When you drop silverware and it points in a certain direction that is said to have meaning as well.
If so you remember what they all were.
Another reads that if you drop a fork a man is coming to visit while a knife means a woman.
Only in doing research did the spoon dropping baby.
If you drop a knife a man is coming.
At other times a knife is involved or the visitor is a child.
I think they will be unexpected visitors.
I always heard drop a spoon company soon.
When a knife was dropped a man would be visiting soon a spoon was a woman and a fork is a couple.
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.
I still think about that when i drop silverware five second rule does not apply.
It will cause a quarrel if knives are crossed at the table.
Bad things will happen if a knife falls and sticks into the floor.
Maybe its true someone else should pick it up if it s a knife.
A knife a man will come to visit.
Mother rarely used wives tales but this is one she always did.
If you drop a fork a woman will come to visit.
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 a friend gives you a knife you should give him a coin or your friendship will soon be broken.
It felt rather awkward.
A spoon a child will come visit.
A knife placed under the bed during childbirth will ease the pain of labor.
It is bad luck to close a pocket knife unless you were the one who opened it.