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David,
I don't think hygiene/olfaction was the issue in this instance.
Harry
At 07:13 PM 10/18/2003, you wrote:
> >In Bahia, Brasil, and perhaps elsewhere in that country, seashells are
> considered bad luck!<
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>Perhaps this originally referred to specimens that were not well-cleaned?
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> Dr. David Campbell
> Old Seashells
> University of Alabama
> Biodiversity & Systematics
> Dept. Biological Sciences
> Box 870345
> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
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