The seeds of the persimmon

Knife=icy, spoon=snow, fork=
mild — that's how some folks
predict the winter weather, by
slicing open a persimmon &
examining the pattern of the 
seeds. Its probably a bit more
civilized than reading the en-
trails of a goat or some such, &

undoubtedly a lot less bloody;
but if haruspices were still in
vogue today, they would have 
been iced in, unable to go out 
to get a goat or look for a per-
simmon just starting to ripen.