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Black Eyed Peas for New Years: A Southern Tradition

By Sarah Ledbetter

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Memphis, TN – Mid-Southerners greet the coming of a new year in ways both traditional and personal. Here, Sarah Ledbetter researches the roots of an old tradition, eating black eyed peas on New Year's Day.