“Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”
Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win. Dan Quayle
Jack-o’-lantern could also have come from, well, lanterns. For those who don’t believe the Stingy Jack folktale, let me present an alternative: the term Jack-o’-lantern comes from the idea of a night watchman, who would light the street lanterns every evening.
Horse chestnuts, also called conkers, are a very different nut. Are horse chestnuts edible? They are not. In general, toxic horse chestnuts should not be consumed by people, horses or other livestock. But does it make them less beautiful, absolutely not . The “conker” is the fruit of the horse-chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum). Not actually a chestnut (conkers are, in fact, slightly toxic), it has been an important commercial tree, with uses… Read More