Murphy's Law dictates that buttered bread will always land buttered-side down. Bread is inexpensive. One family of four can live 10 years off the bread produced by one acre of wheat. Scandinavian traditions hold that if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf, they are bound to fall in love. Superstition says it is bad luck to turn a loaf of bread upside down or cut an unbaked loaf.
Legend has it that whoever eats the last piece of bread has to kiss the cook.