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One of my friends in Prague told me that you could forecast the winter cold by counting the brown skirts of an onion. Few skirts means not a cold winter and many skirts means a cold winter. We were joking about buying onions grown in China so we only could forecast the winter weather in China \ud83d\ude42 It would be great to know if the winter will be extremely cold. We are still doubting about getting our car winter tyres.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I had to clean a lot of onions for a meal so I remembered this story. I checked the bag and YES: made in Holland! So I\u00a0started peeling and counting.<\/p>\n

This is what I found, all in the same bag:<\/p>\n

two onions with 4 brown skirts<\/p>\n

one onion with 3 brown skirts<\/p>\n

two onions with 2 brown skirts<\/p>\n

three onions with 1 brown skirt<\/p>\n

A bit confusing. So I guess our winter will be the same as usual: a few cold days, a little bit snow and many gray days. Or, as we say in the Netherlands: `Het kan vriezen, het kan dooien` (It could freeze, it could melt)\u00a0 meaning we will see what will happen.<\/p>\n

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