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Article: Eat for luck!(foods that people around the world eat for luck on New Year's Day)
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- Children's Digest
- Article date:
- January 1, 1994
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As New Year's Day approaches, people around the world will plan for the coming year, eager to get off to the best possible start! Many people will "eat for luck" - they plan to eat special foods that, by tradition, are supposed to bring them good luck. Throughout history, people have eaten certain foods on New Year's Day, hoping to gain riches, love, or other kinds of good fortune during the rest of the year.
For people of several nationalities, ham or pork is the luckiest thing to eat on New Year's Day. How did the pig become associated with the idea of good luck? in Europe hundreds of years ago, wild boars were caught in the forests and killed on the first day ...