Long time ago, my friend gave me a knife for a present. And I was woundering If that is bad luck, because right now we are having a huge fight, and I was woundering If this 'omen' doing this.
2007-01-04 12:42:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The yarn is that if some one gives you a knife you must repay him/her with a coin. Even if it was a gift, give back a coin. I recently gave my sister a knife, and she immediately placed a coin in my palm. She is highly superstitious though.
2007-01-06 05:19:29 · answer #1 · answered by Kesta♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
despite some of the statements above, some people simply have a view of "A tool is a tool is a tool. if it get's broken, you fix it or throw it out. it's not alive, it cannot harbor ill will. it's only doing as the hand commands." I however, disagree with that to some point.
you can tell alot about a person from their knife, largely due to the fact that a knife is one of the few objects that can be a very personal thing to someone who owns it. every nick in the blade, how well it's sharpened, weather the grip is comfortable or not and even how well the blade is cared for tells a person about how it's previous user acted. because of this, alot of things can be carried over when a knife is given as a gift.
knowing this, I can safely say that while I don't know about bad omens or the like, I'll state flat out I've given my sister and friends knives for their birthdays and our relationships are still strong. this is probably due to the fact that I give such tools to them to help rather then hinder. If anything, I'd say that unless the blade was cursed by someone or used to injure or kill with unjust cause, it'd still be a good blade to use.
Mind you still, if we are on the topic of haunted items there are many accounts of them in history. still though I doubt there are very many heirloom blades that are given away to people on whims after 100 years of cherished service.
Regardless, if you still think it's the bearer of a bad omen or bane, go to a local metaphysical shop or new age book store. buy a small bundle of sage. pay for it. take it home and burn the sage like an inscent stick letting the smoke flow over the handle and blade, and the scabbard if it came with one. after that, walk around the house and let the smoke trail through the air behind you to sage the rooms where the knife was previously. wait for one day and then give your friend a call after airing out the rooms and house.
2007-01-06 17:39:57 · answer #2 · answered by Digital Nightmares 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's bad luck whenever someone gives you a knife or scissors. It means they want to terminate or cut off the relationship at some point.
The fact that you two are big time fighting is a direct result of the knife exchange. Put the knife your friend gave you into a drawer, preferrably wrapped in a black cloth of some kind to dispell negativity attatched to it.
My ex-fiance gave me a set of Ginsu knives for my birthday in 01. It wasn't long before we were fighting more & more. I kicked him out in Oct that same year & just this past year, we're friends again. We realized now that the knives "cut" into our relationship in some way. Neither of us knew about the bad luck associated with the giving of knives or scissors then. If we had, I'm sure he would've given me something else as a present.
I remember being at Wal-Mart with my mom & grandma about a year after this. My grandma wanted a new inexpensive paring knife & put it on the conveyor belt with her stuff. My mom offered to get it for her & I recall grandma saying "Like hell you'll buy that for me. I'm not about to sever our relationship now or any other time in the future Deann." I snickered & was reminded of the bad luck association with buying knives or scissors for people.
I now buy my own knives & scissors. I inherited my grandma's lamb bone knife set after she died so I know there's no chance of any bad luck association with these knives.
2007-01-04 20:59:59 · answer #3 · answered by Belle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i doubt it. i think that if you get just a decorative knife, a kitchen knife, or a historical knife, then your fine. if you randomly find knives in your house like underyour pillow, then that probobly means some one is trying to kill you, or your very forgetful. I think instead of trying to look for omens of this fight, you should be out there trying to solve. look for a more reasonable reason as to what caused it and sit down with this friend and talk about it.
2007-01-04 20:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by Alysse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it is said that if you receive a knife as a present, you should give the person giving it to you a coin (even if it's a penny) or else the friendship will be severed.
2007-01-05 10:49:50 · answer #5 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you give a sharp gift (like a knife) you are suposed to put a coin in with it for luck so you don't "sever" the relationship. That's what I've heard anyhow. I guess it just depedns on whether or not you believe in superstitions.
2007-01-04 20:50:45 · answer #6 · answered by Rvn 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. But not if the other person give you like a five cents or something, as if they were buying it from you. I believe that if you give someone a knife for a present your friendship will be severed.
2007-01-05 00:38:16 · answer #7 · answered by carmztaljaard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The superstition is that it is bad luck, you give a coin to the person giving you the gift and that erases the bad luck. Not that it is the truth of course, but that is how I was taught the superstition.
2007-01-04 22:35:53 · answer #8 · answered by alcnfr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't, and it's not because I'm superstitious, I just think that if they cut themselves I'd be remembered in a bad way...
2007-01-04 20:51:21 · answer #9 · answered by Pseudo Obscure 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not, nor have it ever been a bad omen. Unless you have been occupied with death........................ Then someone send you a knife could be a bad idea.........................
2007-01-04 20:53:34 · answer #10 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋