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Trivia # 76: caña & Ruta graveolens

2 December, 2009
Toxicological Trivia from December 02, 2009: In some region of  Argentina and also in Paraguay, it is customary to drink a glass of "caña" (alcoholic drink made from sugar cane) with rough "male" (ruta graveolens) in August (still winter in these latitudes). With this, according to the beliefs of the area, away the bad luck that has this month, more commonly called "kill the August". It takes:
a) On August 1;
b) On August 15;
c) On August 31.
Correct answer a.See information in Spanish on some selected plants: Ruta graveolens
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