<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Three especially famous Chinook folk tales are probably known in some form by most people in southern Alberta from childhood stories . </P> <Ul> <Li> A man rode his horse to church, only to find just the steeple sticking out of the snow . So, he tied his horse to the steeple with the other horses, and went down the snow tunnel to attend services . When everybody emerged from the church, they found a Chinook had melted all of the snow, and their horses were now all dangling from the church steeple . </Li> <Li> A man was riding his sleigh to town when a Chinook overcame him . He kept pace with the wind, and while the horses were running belly - deep in snow, the sleigh rails were running in mud up to the buckboard . The cow tied behind was kicking up dust . </Li> <Li> A man and his wife were out during a Chinook . The wife was heavily dressed and the man was wearing summer clothes . When the couple had returned home, the man had frostbite, and the woman had a heatstroke . </Li> <Li> A man was riding his horse from Pincher Creek to Ft . MacLeod during a Chinook . The horse lifted its tail to relieve itself . The bit blew out of its mouth . </Li> </Ul>

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