During a Cornish holiday in a very old cottage (fishermans home) in Mevagissey, I sustained 3 highly questionable injuires* on the 1st day.   I put out dish of water and biscuit on the hearth and was not troubled for the rest of my stay. I believe in Piskies.

*all injuries sustained in kitchen in the space of a half and hour.

1. burned inside of my right forearm with hot frying pan. Don't know how I managed it, still have the scar.

2. knife jumped out of my hand while I was chopping apples (like someone grabbed it) and landed point down in my upper thigh. I was standing the trajectory was as a thrown knife not a falling one.

3. fell off (somebody grabbed my ankle) last but one step of stairs leading down into kitchen and bashed my knee against the storage heater. This was the last and worst injury producing a multihued goose egg.

After setting out water and food, the remainder of holiday passed without incident.