The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PRESERVATION OF FOOD. PRODUCT OR ACTIVITY OF MAN.

A WOMAN SHOULD NEVER CAN (JAR PICKLES, TOMATOES, ETC.)
WHEN SHE HAS HER PERIOD. IF SHE DOES, THE CANNED GOODS
WILL SPOIL.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER CANNED TOMATORES WHILE SHE HAD
HER PERIOD AND THE WHOLE BATCH SPOILED. THIS HAPPENED
THE SUMMER OF 1971.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): MENSTRUATION

Date learned: 11-02-1971