While in India, I read of a herbal cure for asthma involving a
secret yellow paste administered to a person inside the mouth of live
fish. The person is made the swallow the fish live ... yes, that's
correct. This "cure" for asthama is available on only one day in the year
- the spring equinox. Also, the secret concoction is known to only one
family in one town ... and people line up to be cured. (I think it's a
sham ... but, don't say that to those poor souls who just had a live fish
stuffed down their throats).
Traditionally, the Spring Equinox is when fish is prepared in most
Indian homes (at least where people who are not strict vegans).
Sajjad "Cultural Shock" Lateef
ps: I think I might try to go fish collecting in India one of these days.
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Hoover, Jan J WES wrote:
>
>
> Flag fish, aka "the tooth carp Jordanella floridae of Florida," was listed
> by Guiness Book of World Records as the fish having the lowest number of
> eggs. In the earlier accounts, I think it noted a single-digit number(like
> 4 or 6), but in the 1981 edition (oldest I can lay my hands on quickly), it
> states that the "egg yield...is only about 20 over a period of several
> days."
>
>
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