http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2007/10/31/halloween/ busily putting barga on the map Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:41:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2007/10/31/halloween/#comment-661 Halloween washed out by rain at barganews Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:56:53 +0000 http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2007/10/31/halloween/#comment-661 [...] year (article here) the war was held in Parco Kennedy - this year due to the “inclement weather” they have [...] [...] year (article here) the war was held in Parco Kennedy – this year due to the “inclement weather” they have [...]

]]> http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2007/10/31/halloween/#comment-660 poetry Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:06:14 +0000 http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2007/10/31/halloween/#comment-660 And thank you Frank, I am honored. And thank you Frank, I am honored.

]]> http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2007/10/31/halloween/#comment-659 viviano Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:07:28 +0000 http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2007/10/31/halloween/#comment-659 La Poetry a davvero ragione, Carlo. And coming from the likes of her, Barga's post-Pascoli poet laureate, that's high praise. La Poetry a davvero ragione, Carlo. And coming from the likes of her, Barga’s post-Pascoli poet laureate, that’s high praise.

]]> http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2007/10/31/halloween/#comment-658 poetry Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:25:57 +0000 http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2007/10/31/halloween/#comment-658 Wonderful written image Carlo, thanks. Wonderful written image Carlo, thanks.

]]> http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2007/10/31/halloween/#comment-657 Zambo Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:29:50 +0000 http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2007/10/31/halloween/#comment-657 Fantastic images of Halloween from the staff pap that reminded me of a simpler time when lanterns were made from hollowed out turnips and not the easy option (and less than indigenous to Scotland) pumpkins. The pumpkin as you all know is hollow with thin easy to cut skin unlike the mighty turnip which is a sort of genetically modified cannon ball which was described by my father Big Carlo as "enjoyed by Scotsmen whilst elswhere being fed to cattle". The box of tools required to shape a lantern from a "neep" would be quite extensive, if your family were in ship building or steel working your Dad could probobly bring home the required implements. If on the the other hand your father like Big Carlo was a fish and chip man you were at a natural disadvantage. Early every November my mother would make her annual pilgrimage to Glasgow in search of a new canteen of cutlery to replace that destroyed in the making of the lantern. I also vividly remember the smell once you got the candle burning inside the neep, it was, minging, rancid, awful. It would "gie yee the boak" but it was worht it. Ah happy days! Thanks again to all at Barganews and keep the good work up. Wee Carlo. Fantastic images of Halloween from the staff pap that reminded me of a simpler time when lanterns were made from hollowed out turnips and not the easy option (and less than indigenous to Scotland) pumpkins. The pumpkin as you all know is hollow with thin easy to cut skin unlike the mighty turnip which is a sort of genetically modified cannon ball which was described by my father Big Carlo as “enjoyed by Scotsmen whilst elswhere being fed to cattle”. The box of tools required to shape a lantern from a “neep” would be quite extensive, if your family were in ship building or steel working your Dad could probobly bring home the required implements. If on the the other hand your father like Big Carlo was a fish and chip man you were at a natural disadvantage. Early every November my mother would make her annual pilgrimage to Glasgow in search of a new canteen of cutlery to replace that destroyed in the making of the lantern. I also vividly remember the smell once you got the candle burning inside the neep, it was, minging, rancid, awful. It would “gie yee the boak” but it was worht it.
Ah happy days! Thanks again to all at Barganews and keep the good work up.
Wee Carlo.

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