Look at what crossed our path yesterday while leaving the house. It is the first snake I have seen in Mexico. They call it an Alicante. In Jalisco it has an Indian name meaning corn snake. They are not poisonous and have an ironic myth that goes with them. The Indians said that these snakes would drink the breast milk of lactating woman and cows. They would put there tails in the babies mouth so that it wouldn't cry and wake the mother. Sort of creepy. At least we know that it is not possible but it is funny that the first snake I see is a breast milk theif!
Do they really drink the breast milk of a lady?
ReplyDeleteNo. That is a folk tale. Imagery of indigenous peoples.Imagine them as oversized garter snakes. Harmless to everything but pesky rodents.
ReplyDeleteIndians? Moron, Indians are people from India, if u were in Mexico native people are Mexicans... educate yourself
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