Review Of Mark Kurlansky's Salt: A World History
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
The following passage has been transcribed for academic purposes only, and is aimed at teaching reading comprehension skills necessary to perform well on the FCAT.
Please read the following passages, and answer the questions that follow in the packet. Please take as much time as is necessary to read, understand, and adequately answer the accompanying questions.
Questions will be graded on the basis of correctness, response quality, and appropriateness to the required reading material. The questions from this packet are due at the end of class.
Introduction
I bought the rock in Spanish Catalonia, in the rundown hillside mining town of Cardona. An irregular pink trapezoid with elongated, curved …show more content…
So it is not surprising that AngloSaxon farmers included salt in the magic ingredients placed in a hole in the plow as they invoked the name of the earth goddess and chanted for “bright crops, broad barley, white wheat, shining millet…”
Evil spirits detest salt. In traditional Japanese theater, salt was sprinkled on the stage before each performance to protect to the actors from evil spirits. In Haiti, the only way to break the spell and bring a zombie back to life is with salt. In parts of Africa and the Caribbean, it is believed that evil spirits are disguised as women who shed their skin at night and travel in the dark s balls of fire. To destroy these spirits their skin must be found and salted so that they cannot return to it in the morning. In AfroCaribbean culture, salt’s ability to break spells is not limited to evil spirits. Salt is not eaten at ritual meals because it will keep all of the spirits away.
Both Jews and Muslims believe that salt protects against the evil eye. The Book of Ezekiel mentions rubbing newborn infants with salt to protect them from evil. The practice in Europe
The following passage has been transcribed for academic purposes only, and is aimed at teaching reading comprehension skills necessary to perform well on the FCAT.
Please read the following passages, and answer the questions that follow in the packet. Please take as much time as is necessary to read, understand, and adequately answer the accompanying questions.
Questions will be graded on the basis of correctness, response quality, and appropriateness to the required reading material. The questions from this packet are due at the end of class.
Introduction
I bought the rock in Spanish Catalonia, in the rundown hillside mining town of Cardona. An irregular pink trapezoid with elongated, curved …show more content…
So it is not surprising that AngloSaxon farmers included salt in the magic ingredients placed in a hole in the plow as they invoked the name of the earth goddess and chanted for “bright crops, broad barley, white wheat, shining millet…”
Evil spirits detest salt. In traditional Japanese theater, salt was sprinkled on the stage before each performance to protect to the actors from evil spirits. In Haiti, the only way to break the spell and bring a zombie back to life is with salt. In parts of Africa and the Caribbean, it is believed that evil spirits are disguised as women who shed their skin at night and travel in the dark s balls of fire. To destroy these spirits their skin must be found and salted so that they cannot return to it in the morning. In AfroCaribbean culture, salt’s ability to break spells is not limited to evil spirits. Salt is not eaten at ritual meals because it will keep all of the spirits away.
Both Jews and Muslims believe that salt protects against the evil eye. The Book of Ezekiel mentions rubbing newborn infants with salt to protect them from evil. The practice in Europe