history behind no chicken eaten on new years day?

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history behind no chicken eaten on new years day?

2007-01-02 09:13:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness

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The history is this: People ate pork products so they would "root" forward and cabbage so they would have plenty of money(green) for the new year. The superstition was that if you ate chicken you would "peck" backwards. So, eat plenty of pork and cabbage.

2007-01-02 09:17:52 · answer #1 · answered by country girl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋

That's a new one for me.

I'm screwed.

2007-01-02 09:19:09 · answer #2 · answered by chieromancer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Never heard of that one!

2007-01-02 09:17:09 · answer #3 · answered by mike9626 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋