By Euro Weekly News Media • Updated: 10 Nov 2022 • 17:30
MYTHS, LEGENDS AND RUMOURS. Image - Real_life_photo/Shutterstock
And the photograph? A bleached white skeleton bearing a remarkable likeness to those in any biology class dressed resplendently in Lincoln green with all teeth intact. This incredible find by a “Nobel-winning scientist” was originally published in one of the UK’s tabloids.
Which made me wonder which other myth simply doesn’t stand up to closer examination?
“Ne’er cast a clout till May be out.” Or: don’t break out the UK barbie until May’s over. Really? Apart from the past exceptional year, it’s more like July/August before it’s warm enough to mothball those winter woollies.
Basically, these “myths” are just metaphors, never meant to be taken literally. Straight out of the “I saw you coming” school of coffee table books…
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