Re: 

Hi, all--

We too have had a bumper crop of acorns this year.  The last time I noticed
this was after another major drought.  This year we had the worst drought in
my lifetime, and now the hugest crop of acorns ever.  Could the trees be
trying desperately to carry on??

Beth in PA

At 06:53 PM 11/12/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>Betty
>
>we used to have a lady that was on the staff of our local paper.  every
>year about this time she would wait for the old timers to send her these
>folk lorn, and she would print these in her colum in the paper.   I
>always looked forward to the time when she started.
>a bumper crop of acorns ment a sever winter
>fat brown wooley worms - sever winter
>the bark on a tree growing thicker on the north side
>ever how many foggy days in august, that how many snows for winter
>a squirel building his/her nest high in the tree
>and the list goes on,  just can't remember any more right now,   but I
>always enjoyed reading her collum,
>one year we had acorns that had acorns,  I'll bet there were a zillion
>of them.  my husband and I even picked them up and saved some,  in case
>the squirrels were hungry.   we had a very mild winter
>soooooooo     you be the judge.
>
>Donna in NE Mississippi
>
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