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To: Monkey Face; TheOldLady
Horse Chestnuts, not edible but good with a string through the centre.
And as a spider repellent.
1,137 posted on 03/21/2013 11:46:55 AM PDT by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day. liberals and logic: Never confuse the two! Hi MI# !)
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To: moose07
Horse Chestnuts...

Hrummmph... They're Buckeyes.

Ask anyone from Ohio...

1,138 posted on 03/21/2013 11:59:02 AM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: moose07
Actually both are related and both are inedible...

Buckeye = Aesculus glabra
Horse chestnut = Aesculus hippocastanum

Ohio Buckeye


1,140 posted on 03/21/2013 12:11:47 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: moose07

(I forgot why we put horse chesnuts on strings, though I remember doing it.)


1,168 posted on 03/21/2013 1:20:34 PM PDT by Monkey Face (In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria. ~ Ben Franklin)
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