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Has anyone ever heard of this strange Norwegian reference?

Whenever someone in my mom's family growing up would develop a stye (eyelid inflammation), my grandpa would always say that was Norwegian heritage at work. He would say the same about a hairy back too, actually. Is this just a joke, or has anyone ever heard anything else? Nothing important really, but I thought if anyone would know if this comment was/is commonplace, it would be the Y! Answers community. I've worked hard to piece together my family genealogy, and there is no direct Norwegian that I've found. I wonder though if there's a reason why he would have said it? Or like I said, maybe he was just being funny and picking on Norwegians for whatever reason.

Public Comments

1. ... like saying something's a "red herring"...it's unexplainable, off the wall, out of the ordinary?
2. Huh, that's weird. It's an interesting thought, but I think that when people say stuff like that, they're just making up excuses for themselves. I'm not saying this in a mean way, my mom says stuff like that too sometimes (not the Norwegian thing in particular, I've never heard of htat.) Although, I'm sure there are strange coincidences..... I had styes... they suck. a lot :(
3. Nope!