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October 2, 1894
The Dalles Daily Chronicle
Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon
What is this article about?
Article discusses the historical undervaluation of bananas in tropical regions, their sustaining properties, and superstitions including a cross shape in the banana, apostles in the passion flower, and thumbprint-like marks on haddocks from the biblical miraculous draught of fishes.
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UNAPPRECIATED BANANAS.
Some Superstitions About Haddocks and Fern Roots.
The banana possesses wonderful sustaining properties, and yet years ago, in the warm countries where it flourishes, the banana was thought of so lightly that it was allowed to waste if not eaten by the cattle. The plant itself was valued simply as a shade for coffee trees, between rows of which it was planted.
Somebody once told me, says a writer in the Gentlewoman, that the Spaniards used to regard the banana as a forbidden fruit, because they detected in its heart the transverse section of the cross. I remember, too, how one of my early governesses used to delight me by showing me the cross and the apostles in the center of the passion flower; and the other day a friend told me of some curious symbolical marks to be found at the back of the neck of the haddock—indentations similar to those that might be caused by the finger and thumb, the supposition being that the haddock was one of the fishes picked out of the net on the occasion of the miraculous draft of fishes.
Some Superstitions About Haddocks and Fern Roots.
The banana possesses wonderful sustaining properties, and yet years ago, in the warm countries where it flourishes, the banana was thought of so lightly that it was allowed to waste if not eaten by the cattle. The plant itself was valued simply as a shade for coffee trees, between rows of which it was planted.
Somebody once told me, says a writer in the Gentlewoman, that the Spaniards used to regard the banana as a forbidden fruit, because they detected in its heart the transverse section of the cross. I remember, too, how one of my early governesses used to delight me by showing me the cross and the apostles in the center of the passion flower; and the other day a friend told me of some curious symbolical marks to be found at the back of the neck of the haddock—indentations similar to those that might be caused by the finger and thumb, the supposition being that the haddock was one of the fishes picked out of the net on the occasion of the miraculous draft of fishes.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Providence Divine
What keywords are associated?
Banana History
Plant Superstitions
Haddock Marks
Miraculous Draught
Religious Symbolism
Where did it happen?
Warm Countries
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Location
Warm Countries
Story Details
Bananas were once undervalued in tropical areas and used for shade; Spaniards saw a cross in them, deeming it forbidden. Passion flower shows cross and apostles. Haddock has marks from Christ's hand in the miraculous draught of fishes.