Happy Thanksgiving
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The year has turned its circle,
The seasons come and go.
The harvest all is gathered in
And chilly north winds blow.
Orchards have shared their treasures,
The fields, their yellow grain,
So open wide the doorway ...
Thanksgiving comes again!
THANKSGIVING SUPERSTITIONS
Only two superstitions figure large in Thanksgiving.
The first is the breaking of the turkey wishbone.
The name wishbone is enough to tell you what this one is about.
(For anyone unfamiliar with this tradition, each person takes hold of one
end of the turkey's double-pronged clavicle. They pull until it breaks.
The person who comes away with the largest piece of bone in a
little tug of war for two. The winner gets a wish.)
The second relates to serving popcorn with dessert.
The story says that after dinner several braves who did
not like the Pilgrims vanished into the woods.
The Pilgrims were terrified that perhaps sharing their meal with the Native Americans
would lead to their death. Suddenly the braves reappeared and were carrying huge
baskets filled with popped corn. All was apparently well.
There is no factual basis to this story at all, but the website for Plimoth Plantation
recently reported that, although they had not found anything resembling a popcorn seed,
those digging at the Massachusetts site were still searching!
