Oh, Rodward you naughty boy! But, re your joke :

Thinking about never accepting a spoon in those circumstances I remembered an old superstition
"Stir with a knife, stir for strife."
Anyone have any other cutlery superstitions.... oh! oh! and dropping a spoon means "a new baby" and dropping a knife "a man will come to your door."
Do you all know those or similar? Or are they new-to-you?
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