History of the Jack-O’-Lantern
Halloween is partially based on an ancient Celtic holiday known as Samhain (“s-ow-wun”) which roughly translates to “summer’s end.” The Celts considered it the most magical night of the year, referring to it as the Last Harvest.
On this night, jack-o’-lanterns carved from turnips or gourds were filled with burning lumps of coal and placed on porches to welcome deceased loved ones and to ward off spirits. When Irish settlers arrived in America they found the pumpkin to be easier to carve, and since the late 1800s Halloween has been celebrated with jack-o’-lanterns carved from the native American pumpkin.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Daily Quotes!
Daily Quotes Oct. 29 2010!
"Luck is not chance, it's toil. Fortune's expensive smile is earned."
-- Emily Dickinson, poet
"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you
most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off
the launching pad."
-- Denis Waitley, motivational speaker
"As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They
aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and
other people think of them."
-- Michael le Boeuf
"You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do.
You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities."
-- Barbara Bush, first lady
"Never turn down a job because you think it's too small. You don't know
where it can lead. "
-- Julia Morgan, architect
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"Luck is not chance, it's toil. Fortune's expensive smile is earned."
-- Emily Dickinson, poet
"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you
most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off
the launching pad."
-- Denis Waitley, motivational speaker
"As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They
aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and
other people think of them."
-- Michael le Boeuf
"You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do.
You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities."
-- Barbara Bush, first lady
"Never turn down a job because you think it's too small. You don't know
where it can lead. "
-- Julia Morgan, architect
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Daily Quotes!
Daily Quotes Oct. 27 2010!
"The future has several names. For the weak, it is the impossible. For the fainthearted, it is the unkown. For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal."
-- Victor Hugo, writer
"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" was his response. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter.""
-- Lewis Carroll, author
"Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race."
-- Andrew Carnegie, industrialist
"The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others."
-- Don Shula, football coach
"The most important thing is your self-respect. It doesn't matter what people think about you, but what you think about yourself."
-- Robert H. Abplanalp
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"The future has several names. For the weak, it is the impossible. For the fainthearted, it is the unkown. For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal."
-- Victor Hugo, writer
"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" was his response. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter.""
-- Lewis Carroll, author
"Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race."
-- Andrew Carnegie, industrialist
"The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others."
-- Don Shula, football coach
"The most important thing is your self-respect. It doesn't matter what people think about you, but what you think about yourself."
-- Robert H. Abplanalp
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Daily Quotes!
Daily Quotes Oct. 25 2010!
"If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best
way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to
think about doing something that you really want to do."
-- Jackie Collins, author
"If you keep working at it, in the last analysis, you win. They've got
to kill us a hundred times. All we have to do is kill them once."
-- Frederick Smith, Federal Express founder
"I might have been born in a hovel, but I am determined to travel with
the wind and the stars."
-- Jacqueline Cochran, aviator
"What holds so many employees back is an unwillingness to pay the price,
to make the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort."
-- Orison Marden, writer
"Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes
it impossible."
-- Charles Wilson, legislator
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"If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best
way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to
think about doing something that you really want to do."
-- Jackie Collins, author
"If you keep working at it, in the last analysis, you win. They've got
to kill us a hundred times. All we have to do is kill them once."
-- Frederick Smith, Federal Express founder
"I might have been born in a hovel, but I am determined to travel with
the wind and the stars."
-- Jacqueline Cochran, aviator
"What holds so many employees back is an unwillingness to pay the price,
to make the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort."
-- Orison Marden, writer
"Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes
it impossible."
-- Charles Wilson, legislator
All "Betts" on Brian! The Only Realtor you want!
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