Dropping A Knife On The Floor

Good luck will come from the direction in which the knife is leaning.

Dropping a knife on the floor.

Do not leave crossed knives on the counter top or there will be an argument. I heard that if you drop a knife on the floor it is unlucky if you pick it up yourself but okay if someone picks it up for you. When you drop a knife it means you ll have a fight a knife a fight. 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.

In another superstition a dropped knife is a bad sign. 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. Another reads that if you drop a fork a man. Don t buy a yellow lighter.

Maybe its true someone else should pick it up if it s a knife. Dropping silverware means company is coming. Drop many pieces of silverware and a family is coming. If you dropped your sword then lost concentration trying to retrieve it your opponent had the.

Bad things will happen if a knife falls and sticks into the floor. If the knife falls and points towards land the fisherman. A dropped knife that sticks into the ground is a good sign. 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.

A dropped knife means a man will visit. That s what my mom always said way back when. I later studied superstition and found that it was a sensible request and probably came from the days of duelling. If my mum dropped a knife on the floor it stayed there until someone walked in and then she would ask him or her to pick it up for her.

At other times a knife is involved or the visitor is a child. A man will visit if you drop a knife a woman if it s a fork or a child if its a spoon.