Knife Luck and Hello

[medeacallous]

No: HPFGUIDX 60437

I'm a new member, and this is my first post - so hello, all...

> Now me , Christina
> Hiya! I am a little behind in my post readings, 
> but I saw this question a few times and I thought I'd give 
> you an answer (I don't recall seeing an answer to this question).
> In my culture (Eastern European) there is a superstition
> that if you give the gift of a knife to a friend, 
> it will "sever the relationship".  >

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> Christina  
> "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."


This post made me remember a line from an 'Anne' book (by LM 
Montgomery) where Gilbert doesn't have a gift for Anne on their 
anniversary, and so, because her present to him is a knife, she 
makes him 'buy it from her for a penny, lest it cut their love' 
[paraphrase].

Medea