Porch Lanterns
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Home Goods (Continued)
August 23, 2015 by John Liss · Leave a Comment
We hit up a bunch of stores this weekend and found a ton of new stuff at Home Goods.
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Rot is just awesome…
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History of the Jack O’ Lantern
September 28, 2012 by John Liss · Leave a Comment
The Irish brought the tradition of the Jack OLantern to America. But, the original Jack OLantern was not a pumpkin.The Jack OLantern legend goes back hundreds of years in Irish History. As the story goes, Stingy Jack was a miserable, old drunk who liked to play tricks on everyone: family, friends, his mother and even the Devil himself. One day, he tricked the Devil into climbing up an apple tree. Once the Devil climbed up the apple tree, Stingy Jack hurriedly placed crosses around the trunk of the tree. The Devil was then unable to get down the tree. Stingy Jack made the Devil promise him not to take his soul when he died. Once the devil promised not to take his soul, Stingy Jack removed the crosses and let the Devil down.
Many years later, when Jack finally died, he went to the pearly gates of Heaven and was told by Saint Peter that he was too mean and too cruel and had led a miserable and worthless life on earth. He was not allowed to enter heaven. He then went down to Hell and the Devil. The Devil kept his promise and would not allow him to enter Hell. Now Jack was scared and had nowhere to go but to wander about forever in the darkness between heaven and hell. He asked the Devil how he could leave as there was no light. The Devil tossed him an ember from the flames of Hell to help him light his way. Jack placed the ember in a hollowed out Turnip, one of his favorite foods which he always carried around with him whenever he could steal one. For that day onward, Stingy Jack roamed the earth without a resting place, lighting his way as he went with his Jack OLantern.
On All Hallows eve, the Irish hollowed out Turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes and beets. They placed a light in them to ward off evil spirits and keep Stingy Jack away. These were the original Jack OLanterns. In the 1800s a couple of waves of Irish immigrants came to America. The Irish immigrants quickly discovered that Pumpkins were bigger and easier to carve out. So they used pumpkins for Jack OLanterns.
Pumpkin templates
September 16, 2012 by John Liss · Leave a Comment
Martha Stewart has some free pumpkin templates this year.
check here
The patch
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Halloween Image of the day – Day 20
September 5, 2012 by John Liss · Leave a Comment
Waiting
September 5, 2012 by John Liss · Leave a Comment
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Jack and zero
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I wonder what’s inside it
September 3, 2012 by John Liss · Leave a Comment