It's sharp, so give me a penny.

Has anyone heard of this custom of paying a penny when one is given (versus just borrowing) a sharp object like a knife or a pin? According to the legend, one should always make the giving of a sharp object a financial transaction, because giving someone an object of this ilk will cut the friendship. Therefore, if one buys the item say for the nominal vaule of a cent, there is no risk of endangering the relationship.

On the other hand, I've been trying to take a disco nap, because I should go out with friends tonight. While I've been trying to rest, I've had this poem form in my mind. I don't know what to do with it, except put it on the blog:

I am just broken
Things don't feel right
My head is heavy
And my heart ain't light.

Will I get through
This everdarking night?
Maybe just with hope
As my guilding light.

Pandora, it's not your fault,
But the wounds won't get better if you keep pourin' in salt.