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Old Wives Tales?

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Angsfrmr

10-14-2004 15:22:33




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A few years back a older gentlemen told me that you could "predict" the winter forcast by looking at the shapes inside of a persimmon, from a persimmon tree. I remember the part about the persimmon seed having either a fork, spoon, or knife inside but I can"t remember what he told me that each one of these stood for. I have looked inside the seeds and all of the ones we have sampled this year have a spoon inside. Can anyone tell me what the rest of this bit of folklore is? It"s driving me nuts because I can"t seem to remember. Thanks Guys

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TimFL

10-14-2004 21:33:26




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 Re: Old Wives Tales? in reply to Angsfrmr, 10-14-2004 15:22:33  
Just vote for John sKerry. He has a PLAN to fix the weather so you can have your own thermostat and contol your weather. He is amazing. :-)



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John (MO)

10-15-2004 05:23:41




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 Re: Old Wives Tales? in reply to TimFL, 10-14-2004 21:33:26  
Tim, you forgot to mention that is was going to be free, cause Kerry is going to tax some rich dude to pay for it, just like everything else.



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Leland

10-15-2004 00:55:13




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 Re: Old Wives Tales? in reply to TimFL, 10-14-2004 21:33:26  
Tim get back on your meds,and did your mom ever mention anybody named realron?



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NC Wayne

10-14-2004 20:47:31




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 Re: Old Wives Tales? in reply to Angsfrmr, 10-14-2004 15:22:33  
It's amazing what the "old timers" knew that even todays weather men can't get right. Ever hear the weather man say it's gonna stop raining sometime during the day...and it doesn't? Next time it rains watch the birds, if their out feeding in the rain you can bet it'll rain all day, if their not out it's almost a sure sign it'll quit sometime before the end of the day and then the birds will go out to feed. Anybody ever heard that you shouldn't burn a tree in your fireplace that was killed by lightening? The only reason I can think of they would say this is the majority of lightening strikes are during the summer when the sap is up. If the tree dies full of sap then it's more likely than not gonna snap and pop when burned. In the days before the safety screens, etc I can see where that would have been a problem, but in a wood stove I can't see where if would make a difference. That's my theory behind this one, any other ideas?

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OGGIE

10-14-2004 17:57:02




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 Re: Old Wives Tales? in reply to Angsfrmr, 10-14-2004 15:22:33  
A fork in the seed means cold winter,
spoon means mild winter.
never heard of a knife shape and don't believe that stuff anyway.



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BURT

10-14-2004 15:37:28




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 Re: Old Wives Tales? in reply to Angsfrmr, 10-14-2004 15:22:33  
Take a look at this site...

http://www.youngbucksoutdoors.com/wildlife/031113YBNature.html



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