Story heard from my awesome cousins after Uncle Bob’s funeral….
My grandfather was working on the family farm in Ireland, mucking out animal pens with a pitchfork. One of his nephews who was working with him accidently stabbed him in the arm with his pitchfork.
The injury and recovery were such that my grandfather was unable to leave Ireland and had to delay his trip by 3-4 weeks. Turned out to be a good thing, because he had originally booked passage on the Titanic.