Term “Windfall” Has No Connection With The Wind
Almost everyone has had a “windfall” at some time or other. Such is accepted and talked about whether it be a legacy or some unexpected- bit of luck of any kind having no connection whatever with the wind. The first windfall, however, was connected with the wind, and when the farmer applies the term to fruit fallen from the tree as “windfalls” he is using the word in its original meaning. The first windfall occurred for the peasants of England during the time of William the Conqueror. As timber was very scarce then in England peasants were forbidden to cut down trees. They could, however, collect branches and boughs that had been blown down by the wind. These fallen limbs were the first “windfall,” and from that day to this the term has been used for unexpected blessings.
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Southland Times, Issue 23840, 10 June 1939, Page 17
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146Term “Windfall” Has No Connection With The Wind Southland Times, Issue 23840, 10 June 1939, Page 17
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