KNIFE,FORK,SPOON

A knife fell on the floor.....
"A man is coming,Becky!"
When a fork or a spoon fell,..... a lady or a child was stopping by! My goodness did Grandmother Bouterse ever have fun trying to instill those little "whatchamacallits" into my upbringing. Those knives,forks and spoons seemed to fall all the time, when I was learning that littke ditty,and I've never forgotten it! There was something in the way that she told me about these utensils,that I've never forgotten! The knife represented the man, who was the head of the family, and then she would say,"that,Becky is the way God planned for man to be.Tall like that knife, and close to the plate(home),because he is the caretaker of the home".The fork represented the Mom,or female,and was placed on the other side of the plate(home)and was the helpful caregiver to the man.The spoon represented the child, and stayed close to the head knife, until they were old enough to become either a young salad fork(daughter),or a butter knife (son).
Oh, did she ever teach the gospel in her sweet Dutch way.
I never did ask her who the iced tea spoon was though!
I would say that eating with me at my Grandmother's was truly eating of the Bread of Life.....
Becky