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Two Witches... or Which Witch Itches?

by Alexander Resnikoff

There once was a witch

The witch had an itch

The itch was so itchy it

Gave her a twitch.

Another witch

Admired the twitch

So she started twitching

Though she had no itch.

Now both of them twitch

So it's hard to tell which

Witch has the itch and

Which witch has the twitch.

Twitching itching witches and other which witchery here.

Stuffed Up with Muffins and Much Too Much Stuffin'

Ate Too Much Turkey

By Jack Prelutsky

 

I ate too much turkey,

I ate too much corn,
I ate too much pudding and pie,

I'm stuffed up with muffins
and much too much stuffin',
I'm probably going to die.

I piled up my plate
and I ate and I ate,

but I wish I had known when to stop,
for I'm so crammed with yams,
sauces, gravies, and jams

that my buttons are starting to pop.

I'm full of tomatoes
and french fried potatoes,
my stomach is swollen and sore,
but there's still some dessert,
so I guess it won't hurt
if I eat just a little bit more.

 

Brightandshinythings for the season.

 

The Real History of Candy Corn

October 30th is National Candy Corn Day and internet history tells us it was created in the 1800s by the Wunderlee Candy Company.  Later (say the various histories) it was made by the Goelitz Candy Company (who became Jelly Belly), and they have produced it ever since.



Nowhere but here can you learn the true history of candy corn.  You see, it was actually created by witches around the beginning of the 15th century.  Back then, witches were struggling with a lot of bad press and suffering a lot of persecution.  People feared them, distrusted them, and suspected them whenever anything went wrong.  Being the 15th century, of course, PLENTY went wrong on a daily basis.



So a coven of woodland witches west of Warsaw started brewing different concoctions in their cauldrons.  They wanted to create something tasty and utterly lacking in any meaning that could be interpreted in an anti-witch fashion.  Using mystical dyes and sugar imported by broomstick, they started making candies.  The shapes were problematic since most any shape they came up with could end up even more witch anti-witch connotations.



But one day a witch named Xochitl, who flew in from South America, brought some ears of corn.  The witches in question figured the shape of a corn kernel was safe, and they created a candy shaped like a very large kernel of corn.

Since red and green had more symbolic connotations, all of which could be used against witches, they made their candies orange, yellow, and white, with sucessive teams of witches creating each layer.

Just as they were about to premier their concoction in France, there was a new wave of witch-burnings.  The witches decided to keep the candy corn for themselves and find a nice quiet place to live until the uproar died down.  They found a quiet little town in the south of France, disguised themselves as nuns, and pretended they had taken a vow of silence until life became safer for them.



The anti-witch uproar, of course, did not die down for centuries, and eventually the recipe was lost.

Finally, while searching for cave paintings, an explorer in the south of France came across the recipe.  He sent it to a maiden aunt in Wichita who the neighborhood children suspected of being a witch.  He thought it would cheer her up and perhaps, with it, she could allay the fears of the suspicious youths.  She made a batch but, while her candy corn was cooling, the recipe blew out the door, ending up at the Wunderlee Candy Company.



The Wunderlees never suspected it of being a witch recipe, and merely thought it to be a wonderful bit of good fortune.  And the rest is internet history.

This candy corn, by the way, is not edible.  The witches tested it to be sure.

A Fall~Halloween~Thanksgiving~Autumn Giveaway!

Show of hands.  Who wants to win this Cornerstoregoddess handmade bracelet?



It's made with Czech glass pearls and flowers of pressed glass and crystal in the colors of pumpkins,



fall leaves,



a sunset,



nasturtiums...



How do you win?  You have the opportunity for a LOT of entries.



1.  Become a follower of my blog.  Already a follower?  Just say so.  That's one entry.

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4.  Leave a comment on one of my blog posts.  That's another entry.  Leave a comment each day for extra entries.

On Monday, October 25, at 8 AM PST, Uncle Buck will dip her paw into the beaded hat, which should be stuffed full considering how many times you're allowed to enter, and pull out a winner... who will be announced on the blog.



(That's her, practicing paw-dipping.)

5.  Do a happy dance.  Sing.  Call your loved ones to share the news.  And email me with your shipping info.  Your bracelet will go into the mail that very day.

Now start entering!  You only have 20 days!

Have a Greeny Halloweeny

Frankenstein's green.
Dracula's blue.
Can ghosts be white
If you see them clear through?




Most jack o' lanterns
Are first pumpkins orange.
As pump-lets they're green,
Then develop some more tinge.




Black owls are black.
So are black bats.
But witches on broomsticks
Want black balanced cats.

Spiders are green
And yellow and brown.
The black and bright red one's
One of great renown.




Candy corn's orange
And yellow and white
And tastes pretty awful
'Til Halloween night.

Witches display
In a whole range of hues.
Being bewtitching
Each witch gets to choose.




Skeleton bones:
Shades of gray, yellow, white.
Some even show as
Glow-in-the-dark-night.



This Halloween bracelet
Was made multi-color
Because if it weren't
It would be multi-duller.

Dame Wilma's Woeful Worries

Dame Wilma was a wondrous witch,
As wily as could be
But when it came to spells and such
In class, she earned a D.



She couldn't deal with eye of newt.
A frog's toe made her quiver.
Her cackling just was not off-key
And broomsticks made her shiver.




So when she went out on her own
To curse and cast her spells
She couldn't turn a prince to frog
Or make a brew that smells.

At last one day, two bats appeared
Her failures, they would banish.




They'd help her with her spells and then
Make her detractors vanish.




They called for aid from three small ghosts
(Named Manny, Mo, and Jack).




And then the five debated
The best means for their attack.


So with a brew of pumpkin and




A dash of candy corn




And much incessant chanting
They stayed up from night 'til morn.




At last, when day was breaking,
When the gloom of night had lifted
To inept Dame Wanda
A new spell they made and gifted.





And with the spell Dame Wanda could
Invoke all forces natural,
Make creatures do her bidding --
A conclusion satisfactual.

"But what was in this spell of yours?"
Dame Wanda had to query.
"A touch of this, a tad of that...
Ingredients ordinary."

"We simply added everything,"
Explained the Ghost-Bat Team,




"This always is essential:
Garlic, wine, and self-esteem."