cows?

So, I'm reading up on the Pennsylvania Dutch variety of English for my ELANG 468 class, and I came across this piece of Pennsylvania Dutch superstition:

"Cows are given the power of speech on the night of Christmas Eve and anyone born on Christmas Day can understand what cows say."

This made me laugh because, for those of you who don't know, I was born on Christmas Day. Hmm, I don't think I can understand what cows say. But then again, I *was* born in Japan. Maybe I can understand what Japanese cows say, hah! Are there cows in Japan? Hmm...

I also found this other piece of folklore:

"When a woman sleeps with her foot sticking out from under the cover, it is warm enough to plant corn."

I do have a tendency to stick my foot out from under the covers when I sleep--I do it when I'm hot. A former roommate said that that was my personal cooling system.

Maybe I've got some Pennsylvanian Dutch in me after all...no wonder one of my friends insists that I sound Pennsylvania Dutch. He must see something in me no one else can...ha ha.