[Ads-l] Antedating of "Collard Green"

[Shapiro, Fred]

collard green (OED 1858)

1832 Weekly Dispatch (London, Eng.) 30 July 8/4 (Newspapers.com)

Collard Greens 1s.  6d. to 8s.

NOTE;  Although this is an important item in African American culture, the source above is obviously not African American.

Fred Shapiro

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