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I did some digging in an old thread where we had the yellow spring flowers.
03/29/07
olly
As a youngster we would hold a buttercup under our chins. If the reflection was yellow, you were healthy. If it were bright yellow, you were very healthy. It was only later in life that I associated the tone of skin with the brightness of reflection, darker seemed brighter.
tsuwm 03/31/07
in the U.S., there is a more pedestrian childhood custom..
Like the buttercup a dandelion in bloom held under the chin tells whether you like butter if there is a yellow reflection.
-joe (and a bouquet of dandelions, for mom) friday
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