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TO FIND OUT IF A MUSHROOM IS POISONOUS, WHAT YOU DO IS DROP A QUARTER
IN THE WATER THAT YOU BOILED THE MUSHROOMS IN, IF IT TURNS BLACK IT
IS POISONOUS, IF IT COMES OUT SHINY, THEY ARE SAFE TO EAT.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER TOLD THIS TO MY MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS SMALL. SHE REALLY
BELIEVED IT}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00001930S