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IT IS GOOD LUCK TO EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS ON JANUARY FIRST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEW YEAR' BELIEF FOR GOOD LUCK: PLACE A DIME IN A BIG BOWL
OF BLACK-EYED PEAS AND AS EACH PERSON IS SERVED WHOEVER HAS THE DIME IN HIS OR HER BOWL
HAS BETTER LUCK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Black-Eyed Peas ; Dime ; FOOD ; fortune ; holiday ; LUCK ; MONEY ; New Years
James Callow Keyword(s): COIN
Date learned: 07-08-1973
EATING FAT BACK AND BLACK-EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
WILL BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MADISON
Date learned: 11-11-1973
EATING CABBAGE ON NEW YEAR'S BRINGS MONEY FOR THE YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 10-03-1973
EATING BLACK-EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S BRINGS GOOD LUCK
FOR THE YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 10-03-1973
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS THAT HAVE BEEN
COOKED WITH A PENNY IN THE PAN. THIS WILL INSURE WEALTH
FOR THE COMING YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1973
IF YOU ARE GIVEN A HELPING OF BLACK-EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S
DAY, EAT ALL BUT THREE OF THEM AND YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK IN
THE COMING YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-18-1973
EATING BLACK-EYED PEAS AND HOGS JAWL ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): JOWL
Date learned: 00-00-1972
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS FOR GOOD LUCK THE REST
OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
Date learned: 06-17-1973
CUSTOM
ON NEW YEAR'S COOK BLACK-EYED PEAS WITH A FIFTY CENT PIECE
AND A TURNIP GREEN FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
Date learned: 04-14-1972
Holiday Tradition
We have a family tradition. Christmas Eve dinner is the same each year. There is no meat served at that meal, going back to the Catholic observance of Christmas Eve as a day of abstinence. THe foods served are spaghetti with anchovi sauce, Baccala ( Cod fish with almonds and spices), fillet of sole, fried shrimp.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE ; Catholic ; Dinner ; ETHNIC ; FISH ; FOOD ; holiday ; Italian ; meat ; RELIGION ; tradition
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
New Years Day Food
In order to have good luck throughout the year, one must eat black eyed peas on New Years Day.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Christmas Wafer
Before eating dinner on Christmas Eve the family break a Christmas wafer and wishes everyone good luck.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO