With all wood floors, frequent cleaning to remove dirt, and particularly grit, which causes scratches, is essential.

It is believed that the superstition originates from the fact that new shoes originally had the soles affixed by hob nails, and these would cause scratches on a new table if they had not already been worn down.

Another autopsy by a forensic pathologist showed that the boy had been manhandled causing bruising, abrasions, scratches and minor puncture wounds to the head and body.

Also, never use a detergent or an applicator that contains abrasives, which cause scratches.

To avoid causing scratches, use a plastic or wooden spatula as a spreader.

Rice cutgrass, in contrast, has leaf sheaths round enough to cause painful scratches, flowering heads with two or more branches at the lowermost nodes, larger and barely overlapping spikelets, and more elongated rhizomes with the scales usually not overlapping.

Nokia has acknowledged that on many devices, the cover and the lens were mounted too close causing scratches from dust and debris.

All wood floors should be dusted every few days to remove the gritty dirt that causes scratches.

Birth can cause other small scratches or blood spots on your newborn that should heal in a couple of weeks.