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Question 2: ALL HALLOWS EVE ?

Day 2: 25 Oct 2012

Question 1: In the 1960's film "Psycho" what did they use for the blood in the shower scene?

Bosco. chocolate syrup

The blood in that scene is in fact chocolate syrup

Hershey's chocolate syrup

hersheys chocolate syrup

actually it was Bosco syrup

Bosco syrup

Yes it was BOSCO chocolate syrup!!!

Who are yesterday's winners?

1.) Casper

2.)not as easy there are a few answers: Hurricane Sandy, Syria, regime accepts ceasefire, analog/digital switchover, and United Nations Day

PLEASE tell me where to fine the 2nd question for day 2...I don't see it anywhere!!!!

because it isnt posted

I've no clue what your 2 is in reference to

Day 2: 25 Oct 2012

Question 2: According to legend, a unibrow, tattoos, and a long middle finger are all signs of what Halloween creature?

Winners will be announced Halloween day (31 Oct) Payments will be made 1 Nov.

werewolf

Werewolf

I am sorry...I thought your #2 listed in the quote above of your post was an answer to question 2 for today, because the answer (or what I thought was an answer) didn't make sense to me given the questions I had seen previous...again I apologize...my bad!!!
The post was actually from ginasmovingon...again OOPS!!!

lol, another sign of a werewolf is hairy palms...I always thought was from an affliction other than lycanthropy lol

Werewolf

chocolate syrup

werewolf

werewolf

casper

vampire on twilight had a uni brow   

The original unibrow!!

LOL Rosebud

question 2. Werewolf

Werewolf

were wolf  or lycanthrobe

1. bosco chocolate syrup
2. werewolf

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Question 3: What is the most-often-told legend behind the jack-o-lantern?

The name "jack-o-lantern" originally meant a man with a lantern. Irish legends tell how a farmer named Jack tricked the Devil in a series of adventures and eventually into sparing his life. When Jack finally died, God would not let such a tricky man into heaven and the Devil did not want him in hell. Because Jack was not allowed into heaven or hell, his spirit was forced to wander the earth with a burning ember, straight from the fires of hell, held within a carved turnip. Jack used this unusual lantern to light his way as roamed the land. (Other versions say the Devil gave him the ember)

The Irish tradition, jack-o-lanterns were the poor man's gargoyle.  The Irish would hollow out turnips and place candles inside to keep wandering spirits from the house.  Irish immigrants who came to America during the potato famine continued this custom, but also used pumpkins, which only grew on this continent.
Tradition says that an Irish man named Jack, too wicked for heaven and expelled from hell for playing tricks on the devil, was condemned to walk the earth with a lantern forever, and that's why they're called jack-o-lantern.  Other legends about the jack-o-lantern also refers to a scoundrel named Jack.

Many people assume pumpkin carving is an American tradition, but it actually originated in Ireland not with pumpkins but with turnips. As the story goes, the Devil himself was wandering the streets of Ireland one night and overheard two men talking about the most devilish trickster ever to walk the earth, a man named Stingy Jack. The Devil, being the Devil, found himself somewhat jealous.

Curiosity got the better of him, and the Devil went in search of Stingy Jack. Jack was wandering the streets, up to no good. The Devil decided then and there that he would claim Jack’s soul and take it with him back to Hell. When the Devil came upon Jack and told him it was time to collect his soul, Jack lamented, having already figured the day would come eventually. But he asked the Devil for one favor before they left. “Please one last bite to eat before I go” asked Jack. The Devil agreed, and made his way up a fruit tree to pick Jack some fresh fruit. Once the Devil was in the highest branches of the trees Jack quickly laid a circle of crosses around the base of the tree. This prevented the Devil from being able to climb back down.

Again, Jack bargained with the Devil. The Devil agreed that if Jack removed the crosses from beneath the tree so that he could climb down, he would never allow Jack’s soul to enter Hell. Jack removed the crosses, and he and the Devil parted ways.

Eventually Jack died. He made his way to the heavenly gates where he was turned away. Lost and unsure where to go, Jack found his way to Hell. There he was reminded of the deal he had made with the Devil. The Devil explained that because of their deal, he could not allow Jack into Hell and that Jack was doomed to wander the earth in eternal darkness for the rest of eternity.

The name "jack-o-lantern" originally meant a man with a lantern. Irish legends tell how a farmer named Jack tricked the Devil in a series of adventures and eventually into sparing his life. When Jack finally died, God would not let such a tricky man into heaven and the Devil did not want him in hell. Because Jack was not allowed into heaven or hell, his spirit was forced to wander the earth with a burning ember, straight from the fires of hell, held within a carved turnip. Jack used this unusual lantern to light his way as roamed the land.

The Legend of "Stingy Jack"
People have been making jack-o'-lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed "Stingy Jack." According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.

Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."

In Ireland and Scotland, people began to make their own versions of Jack's lanterns by carving scary faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them into windows or near doors to frighten away Stingy Jack and other wandering evil spirits. In England, large beets are used. Immigrants from these countries brought the jack o'lantern tradition with them when they came to the United States. They soon found that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, make perfect jack-o'-lanterns.

I'm with dt and techo!! Jack tricked the devil and the devil spared his life.But God didn't want him either so he had to wander the earth with a burning ember straight from the fires of hell,held with a curved turnip.jack used this latern to light his way as he roamed the land

3.it was" The Legend of Stingy Jack"

The story of the carved vegetable as a lantern comes in many variants and is similar to the story of Will-o'-the-wisp retold in different forms across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. An ancient folk tale tells of Stingy Jack, a lazy yet shrewd farmer who uses a cross to trap the Devil. One story says that Jack tricked the Devil into climbing an apple tree, and once he was up there Jack quickly placed crosses around the trunk or carved a cross into the bark, so that the Devil couldn't get down. Another tale says that Jack put a key in the Devil's pocket while he was suspended upside-down.

Another version of the story says that Jack was getting chased by some villagers from whom he had stolen, when he met the Devil, who claimed it was time for him to die. However, the thief stalled his death by tempting the Devil with a chance to bedevil the church-going villagers chasing him. Jack told the Devil to turn into a coin with which he would pay for the stolen goods (the Devil could take on any shape he wanted); later, when the coin/Devil disappeared, the Christian villagers would fight over who had stolen it. The Devil agreed to this plan. He turned himself into a silver coin and jumped into Jack's wallet, only to find himself next to a cross Jack had also picked up in the village. Jack had closed the wallet tight, and the cross stripped the Devil of his powers; and so he was trapped.

In both folktales, Jack only lets the Devil go when he agrees never to take his soul. After a while the thief died, as all living things do. Of course, his life had been too sinful for Jack to go to heaven; however, the Devil had promised not to take his soul, and so he was barred from hell as well. Jack now had nowhere to go. He asked how he would see where to go, as he had no light, and the Devil mockingly tossed him an ember that would never burn out from the flames of hell. Jack carved out one of his turnips (which were his favorite food), put the ember inside it, and began endlessly wandering the Earth for a resting place. He became known as "Jack of the Lantern", or Jack-o'-Lantern.

Jack-o-Lanterns were also a way of protecting your home against the Undead. Superstitious people used them specifically to ward away vampires. They thought this because it was said that the Jack-o-Lantern's light was a way of identifying vampires and, once their identity was known, they would give up their hunt for you.

they were also a way of protecting your home against the undead they thought the light was a way of identifying the vampires and once their identity was known they would give up their hunt for you

the name comes from an Irish folktale about a man named Stingy Jack—originated in Ireland, where large turnips and potatoes served as an early canvas. Irish immigrants brought the tradition to America, home of the pumpkin, and it became an integral part of Halloween festivities.

26 October - Question 1

What fun Halloween game originated from the roman harvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees?

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Bobbing for Apples!

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bobbing for apples

bobbing for apples

Correct - 2 more people still qualify - who's  it going to be?

bobbing for apples

bobbing for apples