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Why grain of wheat is divided.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Origin of various plant characteristics. · Other plant characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2793.2

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Filed across the traditions
  • Flemish DeMeyer FFC XXXVII. 90 No. 126b.
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Filed under Sundry characteristics of grains and vegetables.

1 finer motif beneath it
Why wheat must be planted in one year and harvested in the next
Filed beside it
Why bean has black stripe. (Cf. A2741.1.) Why some yams are good, some bad. (Cf. A2741.2.) Why potatoes are hard. (Cf. A2721.3.2.) Why grain grows only at top of stalk (punishment for men's sinfulness) Origin of shapes of grain Why rice is so abundant Why millet is red on top Why buckwheat produces twice a year

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