We own a cursed spoon…

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DH thinks I’m insane, obviously. But 12 years ago we moved into our first flat and there was one item, ONE ITEM, remaining in it when we moved in: a child’s metal spoon with a picture of a staring teddy bear on it and the name ‘Michael’. At first we found it quite charming, calling it The Michael Spoon, and we brought it with us each time we moved house after that.

It took us a stupidly long time to realise that that had been when we started to experience tragedy after tragedy. We’ve had several deaths in the family, some really horrible, and such a lot of bad luck that people freely comment on it.

I don’t think I really believe in cursed things but this spoon now gives me the creeps to such an extent that I’m desperate for it to be gone. The trouble is, if we just chuck it in the sea or something, might the curse stay with us as the last people who had it, and then we couldn’t find it to change that? I’ve Googled curse removal but there are too many different options and apparently it can make the curse worse! Any suggestions? Please help!

This is why second hand items like furniture, jewellery, cutlery etc do not pass my threshold. I'm not convinced they don't carry things with them. I fully appreciate most people don't feel like that but there's always a feeling I just can't shake off about these things. Don't bin it or throw it away, take it to a charity shop and let its rightful owner find it there.

Is anyone else reading 'cursed' as 'cur-sed'? If not, you should try it, it adds to the mystique.

ps I'm all for chucking spoons in fast flowing rivers.

Gift it to someone you really dont like?

Take the spoon to a recycling centre. There will be a skip specifically for metal items.

People dying and the bad luck things would have happened even if you didn't have the spoon.

And then if the whole crate breaks open and crushes a recycling worker, the OP will regret it forever

You need to move the position of your bed.

Look into Feng Sui and work out your lucky directions.

It’s probably coincidence, but at the same time I’d be terrified and paranoid too.

Tbh I’d be looking up the previous owners of the house to ask about the spoon 😅

And then send the spoon to Michael Gove.

There isn’t a non religious solution to a cursed spoon.

Sorry but this made me laugh.

Post it to Mr V Putin c/o The Kremlin, Moscow.

Send it to Greg and Dana Newkirk, they have a haunted objects museum and would also be able to advise.

Do you know who lived in the place you found the spoon? Maybe do some research and find out who Michael was. If he's alive and well give him his spoon back.

Or get it blessed by a vicar or someone, if you are not religious it doesn't mean a religious person can't bless the spoon and fix the problem, if there is one. You seem pretty superstitious and blessings have been used for centuries to fix these apparent problems so give it a try.

You need to throw it into Mount Doom so it melts down. Obviously.

Is it only me who thought of Spooky Spoon?

I’m so sorry to hear this. What an awful lot of loss and grief for you to bear. Shocking to read, must have been terrible to experience.

Hahahaha!

The spoon might not be cursed but if you are associating the tragedies with it you are best without it. If you are going to be going back to the sad memories everytime you see it, it doesn’t have to be magically cursed (icc de that is possible), it is making your life a misery because is bringing bad memories back.

Get rid of it, if it makes you feel better follow any advice on how to dispose of it mentioned in the thread. It doesn’t matter what you do, just get it out of your sight to somewhere you could never find it again.

Get someone with ancestry access to look up the occupants of the house - (any volunteers?) and give Michael his spoon back!

Those teddy spoons (with names on) came as a set of knife, fork and spoon, and were often given as a christening or baptism gift. Wonder where the other things are! Maybe it needs to be rejoined with its set! 😂

or send it to this wonderful lady, who stamps anything you like on spoons, including some sweary things. I have had several as gifts. Have her stamp ‘I am not fucking cursed’ and see if that helps? https://folksy.com/search/lynn_davy

Begs the question who would curse a baby spoon? What did they have against poor Michael?

My auntie is heavy into this sort of thing so I'll ask her. Fwiw I'm sorry for everything that has happened to you OP, curse or no curse.

Tie a St Benedict's medal to it, sprinkle with holy water, then bury it (the deeper the better) or drop it in a flowing river (the stronger the better).

There must be somebody called "Michael" you can send it to?
Maybe an MP? Mr Gove possibly..?
Just chuck it in an envelope and post it.
Get rid of it...

or, bung it in the bin.🤷‍♀️

Send it to me I'll take your cursed spoon.

Sell your story to the producers of The Conjuring Series- The Conjuring 876-the Cursed Spoon.