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To: Ilaine who wrote (15072)12/10/1998 6:02:00 PM
From: Gauguin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
>>>>Make sure you give her a penny with the knives. Old superstition, a gift of a knife severs the relationship, unless you give a penny with it.<<<<

Jeez, thanks, and I'm glad you told me that. I was not a superstitious person thirty years ago.

If nothing else, I've discovered the ritual abates a section of the mind easily fooled by such things, into a comfort zone.

The mind I have now is not the one I had or want. Even writing that makes me laugh.

Adding your recs to my notes!

I'll tell you one thing, she's a precise little cutter. And honest, the best cook I've ever met. Gifted and hard working.