I really don’t think it was “common” up to the 80s. I remember reading about this in high school around 1970, when it was described as an old practice, uncommon and eccentric but still found among a few rural poor. I remember they used the term “sweet dirt” to describe dirt they considered edible.
I really don’t think it was “common” up to the 80s. I remember reading about this in high school around 1970, when it was described as an old practice, uncommon and eccentric but still found among a few rural poor. I remember they used the term “sweet dirt” to describe dirt they considered edible.