6 Examples of Farm Folklore and Their Meanings
7 min readJun 11, 2024
1. Blood-Tinged Eggs
Most of us have at one time or another cracked open an egg only to find a spot of blood on the yolk. While this is not unusual and certainly doesn’t affect the quality of the product, some find the sight a bit off-putting. On the farm that my uncle used to own and operate, depending on the amount of blood that was present, this naturally occurring phenomenon…