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Food Superstitions: Don’t Hand a Hot Pepper + 9 Other Foodie Folktales

Food Superstitions: Don’t Hand a Hot Pepper + 9 Other Foodie Folktales

While black cats and the number 13 tend to put the fear in some people, these superstitions are just some of the many that have become folklore in our world culture. Food is an element that is quite dominant in superstitions including “Throwing salt over your shoulder” and “how to keep vampires away with garlic.” - those are obvious. But there are some that you may have never heard of like did you know it’s bad luck to cut a banana and also never bring one aboard a ship - you may get lost at sea!

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