Sunday, May 20, 2012
             

Walnut

Parent Category: Commodities Category: Food-stuff

Legend about the origin of the Walnut says, that Cariia, the daughter of laconian King Dion, beloved of Dionis, was tunred into the walnut tree by him. In ancient Greece, word cariie meant the walnut. In Cariias, which were called in her honour, in old times, girls song the sings and danced in a ring in honour of Artemis, walnut tree was devoted to the goddess. Once upon a time, participants of the dance frightened and hid under the protection of holy tree and suddenly they turned into the walnuts on the branches of the tree.

 

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