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> interior "Cross-winds" are deemed to be deadly Interesting! Never heard this before. Where are you from, if I may ask?

• NikolaNovak 6y ago
  I think this article describes it well, including the absolute cultural prevalence, belief, and influence :). It is written in regard to a single country (Croatia) but applies to Balkans and few other parts of Europe as well: https://zablogreb.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/propuh-or-the-great-cultural-chasm-between-us/ https://zablogreb.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/propuh-or-the-gre...
  • jacobush 6y ago
    In Sweden too, at least a generation back or two, it was like this.
  • soared 6y ago
    Incredibly interesting, thanks!
• newsbinator 6y ago
  Sounds like Eastern Europe to me. My family members used to yell at me for sitting down on a stone fence or concrete bench, because something something cold stone ... lower back / kidney disease.
• chihuahua 6y ago
  The same irrational belief is common in Germany as well. Cold air is thought to cause things like the common cold and bronchitis. Some people would feel a slight draft indoors and immediately start yelling for the windows to be closed. I knew a very wealthy guy in Germany who bought a Mercedes 560SEL - at the time, the top-of-the-line model. He ordered it without air conditioning because he didn't want to get bronchitis.
  • User23 6y ago
    “Es zieht!”