There is a folk tale that is releveant to this.

A wise man sat at a cross roads was approached by a traveller. "What are the people like in the next town?" he asked

"What were they like in the last town you visited?" he said.

"Well" said the traveller "they were mean minded, cheating, and miserable.......not hospitable at all...."

"They are the same in the next village" said the wise man.

Another traveller comes along and asks the wise man at the cross roads the same question........

He gets the same question in reply.........."What were they like at the last village?"

MArvellous people" said the traveller", "Generous to a fault, honest and very hospitable........."

" You will find them the same in the next village" said the wise man.

Dave
www.collectorsfolk.co.uk
www.holmfirthfestival.com