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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Z is for Zarzamora and the Fire Bug (A to Z Challenge 2019: Fruit Folktales)

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This story comes from the Pemon people of Venezuela. Zarzamora is often translated to English as blackberry, but in Venezuelan Spanish it...
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Monday, April 29, 2019

Y is for Yellow Mombin and Cannibals (A to Z Challenge 2019: Fruit Folktales)

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The yellow mombin ( Spondias mombin ), also known as the jobo fruit, is native to the tropical areas of the Americas. Our story for today ...
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Saturday, April 27, 2019

X is for Xigua Lady (A to Z Challenge 2019: Fruit Folktales)

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Xigua is Chinese for watermelon (in case you were wondering why I didn't use watermelon for W). The story I have for today is fairy well...
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Friday, April 26, 2019

W is for the Wood Apple Princess (A to Z Challenge 2019: Fruit Folktales)

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The fruit known in India as bilva , bel , or bél (Aegle marmelos)  was unceremoniously renamed by English colonizers as "wood apple....
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Thursday, April 25, 2019

V is for Vanilla Love (A to Z Challenge 2019: Fruit Folktales)

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Vanilla is indigenous to Central America, more specifically, to the areas of Mexico originally inhabited by the Totonac people. Until modern...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

U is for Ugni Berries and Ulmo Trees (A to Z Challenge 2019: Fruit Folktales)

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This one was not easy at all, but I managed to pull a few fun things out of Google Books! Get ready, I am going to hit you with some little ...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

T is for Tamarind Tree (A to Z Challenge 2019: Fruit Folktales)

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Sampaloc Lake is the largest of seven lakes near San Pablo City in the Philippines. There is a legend about how the lake was born, and that ...
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