tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950282101785558588.post7205933192080234969..comments2024-02-25T22:00:41.197-08:00Comments on Notes from Freyashawk: Offering Cakes for March FestivalsFreyashawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00379748386863454385noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950282101785558588.post-77949133602188468362007-03-05T06:18:00.000-08:002007-03-05T06:18:00.000-08:00It is truly fascinating that you are able to pull ...It is truly fascinating that you are able to pull so many things together and link them to their earliest origins. <BR/><BR/>One realizes that traditions are not as easily lost over thousands of years as one might think. What is the explanation for that, when most people don't even know who their grandparents' parents were? Obviously passing down recipes and holiday customs is a more enduring way of preserving the past than verbal history.<BR/><BR/>"In the 'Golden Bough', there are many descriptions of special dishes made from beans, peas and pork with special magical significance at this time of the year."<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you know that in my U.S. Deep South tradition eating blackeyed peas and hog jowl on New Year's Day brings good luck.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.com