NEVER GIVE AWAY YOUR SCISSORS

• The earliest devices that can be loosely described as scissors were probably made in Egypt in around 1500 BCE. These comprised a single piece of bronze metal formed into a U shape, with the ends of the U sharpened into blades and the curve acting as a spring so that the blades moved apart on release after each cut
• Cross-bladed scissors were invented in about 100 AD by the Romans
• the difference between scissors and shears is basically one of size; scissors with blades longer than 15cm are generally referred to as shears
• Today's modern scissors came before the 6th century
• around 1000 to 1300, scissor-makers were held in high esteem, with craft guilds being formed
• A major development came in 1761, when Robert Hinchliffe of Sheffield began to use cast steel to make scissors, which could therefore be made to be highly durable and efficient
• The oldest pair of scissors that still exist come from Egypt, and were made around 300 B.C

Okay ... now to the funny part...

Superstitions About Scissors  

• You will 'cut off' fortune if you use scissors on New Year's Day
• Scissors should be put away during thunderstorms to decrease the likelihood that the house will be struck by lightning.
• Placing a pair of scissors under the pillow of a woman in labor will ‘cut her pain in half’..
• Breaking both blades is a sign of an impending disaster.
• Giving a pair of scissors as a gift will cause problems in a friendship by cutting the relationship in half. When giving scissors as a gift, the receiver should always give a little money in return, since ‘buying’ the scissors will not cause the friendship to be cut.
• A pair of scissors nailed above a door in the ‘open’ position, so they resemble a cross to some extent, was said to protect a household from witchcraft and evil influences.
• Dropping a pair of scissors is said to warn that a lover is unfaithful.
• Breaking one blade of a pair of scissors is an omen of quarreling and discord; if both blades are broken at once; a calamity is to be feared.
• Scissors should always be sold, they should never be given.
• On Wednesday and Friday, no should use a needle or scissors, bake bread or sow flax.