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Published on December 18th, 2013 12:35 PM
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THE SOUTHERN TRADITION OF EATING BLACK EYED PEAS ON NEW YEARS DAY
If you grew up in the south or southwestern parts of this country, then you can relate. I grew up with this belief, but did not know the real reason.
My mother always served black eyed peas on New Year's Day, and she said it would bring good luck in the New Year. I've carried this tradition forward, but never knew the reason behind it. It became a way of remembrance of my mother and grandmother.
Black Eyed Peas By Ron Perrin, Fort Worth Texas "The Real Story," is much more interesting and has gone untold in fear that feelings would be hurt.
It’s a story of war, the most brutal and bloody war in US history. Military might and power pushed upon civilians, women, children and elderly. Never seen as a war crime, this was the policy of the greatest nation on earth trying to maintain that status at all costs.
An unhealed wound remains in the hearts of some people of the southern states even today; on the other hand, the policy of slavery has been an open wound that has also been slow to heal but is okay to talk about.
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