Can You Predict Winter Weather with a Persimmon Seed?

When I was little, I always looked forward to the time when grandpa would go out and pick persimmons. He would bring them into the kitchen and grandma would turn those funny looking things into wonderfully tasty cookies. Oh how I miss eating grandma's fresh persimmon cookies.

While she made them, she would tell me what kind of winter we would have that year. In amazement of how she knew this things. Finally, I asked her how she knew. She then told me that when they gathered persimmons they would get the seed and cut it in half.

Grandmas seem to know everything. At least when I was growing up they did. Grandmothers were respected, greatly loved and we listened to their wisdom with wide eyes amazed at what they knew. Of course, when we get older we naturally begin to question everything.

It seems according to grandma the shape inside the persimmon seed can give you insight into what the following winter weather will be. Over the years, I have always wondered and every fall I think back to those childhood days and grandma's persimmon cookies.

Shapes inside the persimmon seed:

According to old timers, you can tell what the winter will be like by cutting a persimmon seed open. I would suggest cutting a few open to make sure they are all the same before assuming what the weather may be like.

What do the shapes mean?

Knife: If the shape inside the seed is that of a knife, it is believed to mean the winter will be cutting cold. As my grandma would say: So cold the wind feels like its cutting right through you like a knife.

Spoon: When the shape inside the seed looks like a spoon it is said to mean it will be a heavy winter. The spoon represents lots of shoveling.

Fork: The appearance of a fork shape within the seed is believed to mean that winter will be easy with only a light dusty of snow.

After the ice storm and severe weather we had locally last year, most of the people I know are hoping for an easy winter. What does the persimmon seed have to say about this?