Tag: #sudbury
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How Jack-O-Lanterns got to be made out of Pumpkins in America
Carving Jack-O-Lanterns started over in Europe in the late 1700’s in Ireland England & Scotland. They weren’t originally made from pumpkins but from cultivated turnips called mangelwurzels (orange field beets) hollowed out to act as lanterns and often carved with grotesque faces. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S. in the 1800’s they brought the… Read more
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The legend of the woolly bear caterpillar
We grew up looking for the “woolly bears” in November on the way to school. And it wasn’t to step on them. Really. They are predictors of the future. You see … the caterpillars emerge from eggs during the warm summer months. Just as it’s getting cold in 4-5 months they mature and search for… Read more