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EmailAccording to folklore, you can predict the weather with a persimmon seed. Here's how to do it:
Cut open a persimmon seed. (Find persimmon fruit in your supermarket. It should be locally-grown to reflect your weather.)
Look at the shape of the kernel inside.
- If the kernel is spoon-shaped, lots of heavy, wet snow will fall. Spoon = shovel!
- If it is fork-shaped, you can expect powdery, light snow and a mild winter.
- If the kernel is knife-shaped, expect to be "cut" by icy, cutting winds.
It's best to use ripe seeds.
That's it! Now, what did you see?
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Oct 2012 cut open two
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By Alabama
Oct 2012 cut open two persimmon seeds in Birmingham, Alabama and both were spoons! Yay for snow in Alabama. It will be a rare winter.
All spoons in our persimmon
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By Anon2
All spoons in our persimmon seeds in Williamsburg, VA
Dallas Ga, cut open 4 seed
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By Kitten@2
Dallas Ga, cut open 4 seed today all had spoons. Bring it on, looking for snow.
Here in the Piedmont region
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By Tdog
Here in the Piedmont region of NC so far all 20 seeds have contained spoons. I say Bring it on love to have some cold weather and snow.
Opened a few last night and
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By Sleepy Maggie
Opened a few last night and they were all spoons - we live on the North Carolina piedmont. BTW: Be CAREFUL opening these things (she said, typing with a bandage on her thumb.) They are hard and slippery - I found it worked best to grip them with a paper towel while pushing straight down hard with the knife.
Wish I could share this to
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By Sandra McAnally Leak
Wish I could share this to facebook. How can I?
Thx...sandy leak
Hi, Sandy, Glad you enjoy it!
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By Almanac Staff
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We just cut open 3 seeds with
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By auntnonnie
We just cut open 3 seeds with the kiddo and all were spoons! Bring on the snow!!!!
On 9-25-12 our 3rd grade
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By achurch
On 9-25-12 our 3rd grade class in McAlester, OK cut open 6 seeds and found spoons and 1 knife. My class is very excited for possible snow!!!
Cut open 5 here in central Ky
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By Rickster13
Cut open 5 here in central Ky today 9/23/12. Found 4 spoons and 1 knife. Seem's pretty consistent with the other comment's.
we've just discovered one and
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By Jimandliz from thomaston ga
we've just discovered one and it is rather tall how to trim back just to reach fruit
We live in Central
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By Central Mississippi
We live in Central Mississippi. We opened our Persimmon seeds and got SPOONS.
9-20-2012 cut open 2 both
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By grease gun
9-20-2012 cut open 2 both were spoons
St. Louis 9/16/2012 - five
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By STLOUISGIRL
St. Louis 9/16/2012 - five seeds...five spoons.
Today 9/18/2012, I just cut
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By Missouri Girl
Today 9/18/2012, I just cut open 5 seeds. I had 3 spoons, 1 knife and 1 that had both a spoon and a knife. Should be interesting for St. Louis area.
I live in central Louisiana.
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By B. Gunter
I live in central Louisiana. Cut open a persimmon on 9/13/12. Found a spoon inside.
SE Missouri. Cut open 3 and
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By x5mimi
SE Missouri. Cut open 3 and all were spoons.
This is a fun thing to do with your kids and grandkids. Just don't cut your finger!!
What about Alabama? Has
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By Toolate
What about Alabama? Has anyone in Alabama tried this?
Spoons in alabama. Cullman
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By Anonymous256
Spoons in alabama. Cullman that is.
If persimmons don't grow in
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By mountainlife
If persimmons don't grow in your area how can they predict the weather in your area?
Cut open several in Logan
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By Chad H
Cut open several in Logan county KY and in eastern MO all have been spoons so far.
Cut 5 today all spoons i live
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By pglizerd
Cut 5 today all spoons i live in sw missouri
I just heard of this weather
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By Oklahoma newbie
I just heard of this weather predicting technique yesterday from my mother and tonight I told my husband about it and he says we have a persimmon tree so I cut one open and 3 seeds were spoons, one was a knife, and one was a spoon and a knife.
I live in Southern Illinois
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By Luciana
I live in Southern Illinois and every seed I cut open shows spoons !!!! I cut open 5 and a friend cut open 5 of hers, different area still in Illinois. All spoons !!!!
fdollar in South Georgia I
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By fdollar
fdollar in South Georgia
I cut the persimmon open and found kife blade in mine. Icy Winds? Just wait and see.
We found spoons. Heavy wet
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By Phyllis Poole
We found spoons. Heavy wet snow, really?
I cut 6 seeds open yesterday
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By shih-tzumamma2011
I cut 6 seeds open yesterday and they all had very defined spoons in them. I picked the persimmons in Parke County, Indiana. I live in Vermillion County which is less than 10 miles from my home.
shih-tzumamma2011, It's
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By SeeYaLaterBye
shih-tzumamma2011, It's always good to live within 10 miles of your home,, Chuckle chuckle.....
my mother-in-law cut 3 open 2
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By suzie q
my mother-in-law cut 3 open 2 of them had spoons the other had a spoon and a knife so if they are right we here in mccreary county ky. are in for a bad one. and a persimmon grows on a tree
Today in Hudson NC we cut 5
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By ginger
Today in Hudson NC we cut 5 persimmons ALL SPOONS The larger one had a really big spoon so I predict 1 Blizzard in all this snow. I am ready, I can't wait. This held true last year and they are off the same tree so we will see.
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