The Dirt-Eaters

“Southern Tradition of Eating Dirt Shows Signs of Waning” —headline, New York Times , 2/14/84 tra dition wanes I read from North ern South: D.C. Never ate dirt but I lay on Great- grandma’s grave when I was small. “Most cultures have passed through a phase of earth- eating most pre valent today among rural Southern black women.” Geo phagy