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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_1E9B_01CCFAD0.FCBB59E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Paul, Mar 5, 2012 This likely has as many variations as one can imagine but I vaguely = recall being told it was Jack Frost's grandmother plucking her geese. In this contex, of sticking snow that does not stick (last long) is = the weather saying "Snow stick, no stick; no stick, stick." =20 Yt, DW ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Heather Drope=20 To: Paul MacDonald ; naturens@chebucto.ns.ca ; = naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Big Flakes of Snow Hi Paul, from my skiing days we had the saying 'big snow =3D little = snow' and 'little snow =3D big snow'. So keeping that in mind we = shouldn't be having much lay down.. Pretty out there thou. Glad I don't = have to go anywhere. Heather in Halifax. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Hi All This morning there are big flakes of snow gentlely falling. Coating the trees - just lovely. My Grandmother used to say it was "somebody" plucking a goose. An old Maritime saying. But I cann't remember who "somebody" was! A mythical figure I'm sure - can anyone help me out? Thanks Paul =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4851 - Release Date: = 03/04/12 ------=_NextPart_000_1E9B_01CCFAD0.FCBB59E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" = "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <HTML lang=3Den xml:lang=3D"en"=20 xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3Dtext/css http-equiv=3DContent-Style-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19190"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi Paul, =20 Mar 5,=20 2012</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> This likely has as many = variations as one=20 can imagine but I vaguely recall being told it was Jack Frost's = grandmother=20 plucking her geese.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> In this contex, of sticking = snow that=20 does not stick (last long) is the weather saying "Snow stick, = no=20 stick; no stick, stick." </FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, DW</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dheather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca">Heather Drope</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dpaulrita2001@yahoo.com=20 href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">Paul MacDonald</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> ; = <A=20 title=3Dnaturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca=20 = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 05, 2012 = 9:30=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Big = Flakes of=20 Snow</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hi Paul,=20 from my skiing days we had the saying 'big snow =3D little snow' and = 'little=20 snow =3D big snow'. So keeping that in mind we shouldn't be having = much lay=20 down.. Pretty out there thou. Glad I don't have to go anywhere. = Heather in=20 Halifax.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft> <HR align=3Dleft SIZE=3D1 width=3D"100%"> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"times new roman, new york,"><SPAN=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #ff0000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hi = All</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"times new roman, new york,"><SPAN=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #ff0000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This morning there are = big flakes=20 of snow gentlely falling.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"times new roman, new york,"><SPAN=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #ff0000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Coating the trees - = just=20 lovely.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"times new roman, new york,"><SPAN=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #ff0000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">My Grandmother used to = say it was=20 "somebody" plucking a goose.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"times new roman, new york,"><SPAN=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #ff0000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">An old Maritime saying. = But I=20 cann't remember who "somebody" was!</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"times new roman, new york,"><SPAN=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #ff0000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A mythical figure I'm = sure - can=20 anyone help me out?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"times new roman, new york,"><SPAN=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #ff0000; FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"times new roman, new york,"><SPAN=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #ff0000; FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Paul</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"times new roman, new york,"><SPAN=20 style=3D"