Years ago when I lived in Florida my then, husband worked at a grocery store. One day I went to pick him up and was told he was helping round up some nasty looking spiders that had come in with the bananas. They caught a couple and showed them to me. Knowing little of spiders then, I just assumed hairy spiders were dangerous to human health. I could understand the idea that sailors would like NOT to be in a banana boat. Joan Spinner <<Can anyone tell me the origin of the belief that its unlucky to carry bananas on a boat - and why it doesn't apply to kayaks! I heard decades ago that it was because crates of bananas occasionally also carried spiders and snakes. But I don't trust the source, or my memory.>> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Feb 20 2005 - 10:21:23 PST
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