A Look Inside The Lives of Ordinary Swedes, 55 Facts About Swedish Culture Guaranteed To Make You Go “Wow!”
Fear of Badgers
In several countries, badgers have gained a reputation for being cute and clever. Yet, for some reason, they strike a profound fear in the hearts of Swedes.
An urban legend that badgers would bite your arm or leg until they hear the bone break is the source of this fear. So Swedes devised a clever scheme to ward them off by hiding crispbread in their socks. If a badger comes charging up and bites, the crispbread will break and sound like a bone breaking.
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