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Swan Breaking Arm
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Was the myth that a Swan can break a person's arm started by Enid Blyton, or was it around before she put it in one of her stories about a cruel boy who got a taste of his own medicine?
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In that link, I particularly like Dizzle’s reply:
‘ I work with a guy whose college classmates were brutally assaulted by swans multiple times per year. They had to build snow forts to keep the swans at bay. They would break multiple students arms and legs per year. Be careful!’
Multiple times a year! I’m guessing these weren’t PHD students.
‘ I work with a guy whose college classmates were brutally assaulted by swans multiple times per year. They had to build snow forts to keep the swans at bay. They would break multiple students arms and legs per year. Be careful!’
Multiple times a year! I’m guessing these weren’t PHD students.
a myth is a story / statement that has wider meaning. What goes around comes around. Animals allow us to approach, it is not ou right. A mother will protect its young, or whatever greater meaning you have selected
so it is not a myth. sorry to do a Naomi on you over this
There is a parallel in an ostrich can break a man's leg. As a science fact ( which cant be a myth)
This was current at least 50 y ago. Saucy undergrads, tired of playing 'dead ant' in a pub, would play BAML
select a stranger and engage him in conversation
and try to get him say - an ostrich can break a man's leg!
they would yell BAML ! BAML ! and make him buy a round
what fun we had then
so I go for 50 y
Makes no sense? never been in a pub? dont know what an ostrich is? then put it down as a myth
so it is not a myth. sorry to do a Naomi on you over this
There is a parallel in an ostrich can break a man's leg. As a science fact ( which cant be a myth)
This was current at least 50 y ago. Saucy undergrads, tired of playing 'dead ant' in a pub, would play BAML
select a stranger and engage him in conversation
and try to get him say - an ostrich can break a man's leg!
they would yell BAML ! BAML ! and make him buy a round
what fun we had then
so I go for 50 y
Makes no sense? never been in a pub? dont know what an ostrich is? then put it down as a myth
Mentioned under FAQs here https:/ /www.th eswansa nctuary .org.uk /genera l-infor mation/
Another somewhat more sensible answer...
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