The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-02-23

totbiuucu Meats hnd NcgrtubleS.
The Peculiar belief Of "Totcmism."
From the days Of Adam aud Eve 70
the rrcScut time there has been not
only Forbidden fruit, but forbidden
meats and vegetable, For one rea
son or another people have rcsoluteN
refused 80 cat any and an kinds OF
tlcSh fish fowl, fruits and plants.
Thus the apple, the pear, the strawber
rs the ounce the bean. the onion. the
lcek, the asparagus, the woodpeCkcr.
the pigeon, the goose. the deer. the bear.
the turtle and the eel these 90 name
only few catablc,. have been avoid
Eel rs il unwholcsome or positively in.
furious 10 health aud digestion
rs We al know the Jew, have long
had a hereditary autpathy 10 pork. ON
the other hand, swine, dcsh wa, high.
~ esteemed hy the ancient Greeks and
Roman, TIL, fact is revealed by the
many references To pig 20, % dainty bit
of food A. the great festival held an
nualIy Zoo honor OF pcmotrr roast pig
WAS the piece De- resistance 100 the bin
ui fare h"cIu," fhu pig was The sacred
ANNA, Of h"mrsrg Nu,turhuur, In
The Frog, makes ONE of lup char
uctrr, h.ut that some ul thr other,
smell ~ roast pig These people uu
douhtrily had been 100 fhr festival.
known as the Thrsmuplur.a. aud had
eaten freely OF roast pig Those who
took part 10 another Grorh mystery or
festival, known as the Elru,.uIu. all.
stained from certain fool and. above
aIl from beam,
Again. us We ail know. mice are g.,
'~Ud lu china aud 100 some part, az
India hut the ancient Egyptian,
Greek, 1nI Jews lhhprrel mice and
would not touch mouse meat Rats and
TOLL m.rc were sacred 100 old Egypt
1uu We're not 10 h. eaten on hi. ac.
count 80 too, In SOME part, ~ Grcc,c
lice mousse was the sacred animal Of
App'lp lnd mice were Ted in h., tenn
plies The chosen people were forbid
den fo eat the weasel nuI the mouse
aud the tortoise after his Kind" These
came under The designation ~ uuslrin
hut people have abstaIurd from eat.
.u- kinds OF nt-h which could uot BE-
called uue.eau For example. tlr prople
"f lhr5c,. Cd, iirr,dotu, tolls u,. ab
stained from Sheep whaf i, ihc mat.
Ter with mutton chopsf Then the an.
clients us'd tp abstain from certain
vegetable, lud,,d the Roman, sheer
"d go those Egyptian, who d.i not dare
i' eat onions. irrks or garlic. aud vet
he Romans themselves were .up,r,ti.
tious about what they ate or what they
should avoid clUug
In his Roman Question:" pIuluh
asks Why Do ;ay l.auu- abstain
strictly from the flesh NJ the wopipr,k
err In order a. answer Plutarun's
question correctly % Q, necessary 20
hayr some idea pf the peculiar custom
ani belief called "tDtsui.m ns.r. ls
q Stage pf society loo which prlpIc,Iam
descent from l1d klu.h.p with b,a,i.
hiris vegetable, aud other object.
THIS object which b, totem 1r
family MARI uvy rcagluu,ly abstain
from eating The member, uf the tf.H.
are divided into elan, ur ,tprls. rI.l
~ which takes tho name ~ some sn.
m1l plant or object q, 90, bear tb,
buffalo the wpulurrkrr. thr asparagus
aud ~ forth Nu member of thr bear
family would dare fp eat ha1r meat.
hui De- hus up objection 90 eating Irf
iH.n steals Even thr marriage law .s
based uu th., belief aud 100 mlu who's.
family uImr /, Wolf Wuy marry 90 vu.
wIu whose family mWr is iI-, Wolf
To- general v.E DO mur Ur ,I.i thit
1.m"-' 1. u1r fra prohibition. .r.u.
ium 'h' extraordinary custom srn
orally H.7I u..w..m NH Swan. WHO
W.. l Missionary mr m.. N.-. loo
lhr h.l-n IrH >H. Hu, Hr..r..a.s
.hr custom NJ D veH. fn a.A lHr Nr..
H'p'r why IHHI 600 HlI uIf Zebra Ha.H.
ihUy would REPLY ",HHU" TO-. .It...
90 ih.us tp wHHl $500 Urru tu am.r
thy ur better 70 .s urunf tHr M"e.
Wh.,h pur father, taught 90. uHf frrIf
so 10 seem. tIr VuuI Hu.bHuHs
W''u, "'lo prar.v who nl., 1000 ..
'Hw'hy goo 'h' luHHu" Ju, b..ll
,uHnt 'hu,n UHH have 600 mfY.fNl
d" 'Ar iuS tui the .nl,b,auHu.ru.
'h"s" WIN have 1000 lufwiuy foo IIr
elephant lu other WON'T. iHu W,r
lv., VI thr-r sleek. rr.u.r tp eat their
'H''W. ih" zebra iH' t.Hsul amt thn
'.'nhut FROM which they co.'s, thc.r
matinee.
Ih" survival 10 m.mfby 200 certain
iasls $500, fuguI Among .rgI. a.
IslN civilized i. Oh. Egyptian, the
,Hras aui tha Roman, omit. II.f
f Huul's whose 1,-u va, Forbidden
m-H' Ha drawn up Dor example. 100
ODD L-1u' ihr ,Iu,r ,uIL uti I., eaten
loo inrir. urr fhr s.a' loo uruJ.- nur
.N" ut BOZ HH.n,t,. uor lb, .r,,sI..,
ii uwD', u1r the rt vh.,h wa. "a.
n'i ' Ea. thr suu g-i However re
"'H.' VI one pho' bad no seruple,
."W eating 'ho Forbidden fopi vi an.
'1'r r.aor lul th.. often levi tn 10
'-'H' dispute, uni bad blood
NH"us tbn vegetable. iabuYli as
'''I bs the Egyptian. may Boz men
""r' 10" onion ihr garlic and the
."s lur.1u ,ly, That 'hr inhabitants
By I"'ns.um sInr7i ihc onion A.,url
'I 4" ri.uy .he Egyptian, us.yi To-
wear hl the lruk lul The ONION tuyr