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One of many advantages I enjoyed as a child living in that part of Southeast Bakersfield called Little Oklahoma during the 30s and 40s was some of the superstitions and beliefs of the adults most of them being Okies and Arkies from the Dust Bowl migration. I call this an advantage because such superstitions and beliefs are part of a culture, and lend the spice to otherwise cruel hardships of ignorance and poverty and often help people deal with these. One old fellow I remember would never eat anything from a can that had been opened from the bottom because he believed this pizened the contents. I never learned where he had gotten such a preposterous notion because as a child being raised to never show disrespect for my elders it didn’t cross my mind to ask this old fellow about it. Besides, his belief about such a thing didn’t really bother anyone; it wasn’t something that he used to take advantage of anyone so what was the harm, and looking back I realize no...
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