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Black-eyed peas are thought to be good luck, which might explain the band’s success. It definitely explains why the legumes areĀ eaten through the South on New Year’s Day.
One theory–the one found on Wikipedia–posits that the tradition dates back to the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) and that Sephardic Jews brought the tradition with them to […]










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