By duhasiangirl - 15/11/2012 00:48 - Canada - Cambridge

Today, my dad put an onion in my room, telling me spirits won't haunt me and that I won't get sick. He thinks a vegetable will protect me. FML
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secretsymbiote21 5

onions make them cry. your dad is a smart man.

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chelseaaababyyy 17

Well, if you were a spirit, would you like to haunt a smelly room? I think not.

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InfinityMinus1 5

You're supposed to eat it! Onions are high in vitamin c!

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DasHaas 9

Onions in your room (assuming they're peeled) are actually great against stuffed noses. Don't know about their anti-spirit powers but it's definately a good thing to have onions in your room to keep the airways open.

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uhnevermind 24

If I have my facts straight, an old Chinese tradition is to sleep with an onion to keep away oni, a kind of demon. And considering OP's username is "duhasiangirl", her father is probably just following a familiar superstition.

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munchly 17

Onions are supposed to have the ability to 'soak up' germs to prevent sickness... The spirit thing I never heard of

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Delta2Almanac 7

Didn't you ever watch veggie takes as a kid? Of COURSE they'll protect you.

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little_one 20

The Romans believed that the pungent smell of the onion could ward off evil spirits. I guess if you are worried about spirits that's the way to go. Most women keep chocolate or wine by their bed... Not sure what spirits they are trying to get rid of.

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StanSmith2013 26

Onions make you cry, so why won't it make ghosts cry?

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LunaTics_fml 3

Garlic and weed is supposed to keep the ghosts away...

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