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30 Vintage Photos of Creepy Scarecrows From the Past
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Posted on 10/26/2021 7:12:38 AM PDT by mylife
Scarecrows were originally made to do exactly what their name suggests: scare off crows and other birds that might ruin the farmer’s crops. A scarecrow is a decoy or mannequin, often in the shape of a human. Humanoid scarecrows are usually dressed in old clothes and placed in open fields.
Scarecrows have been around longer than you might think – the first scarecrows known to history were made about 3,000 years ago! They were first made by the Egyptians to protect their wheat fields, especially along the Nile River.
Even though they’ve been around for so long, there have since been more effective ways to scare off birds. In the past, attempts were made to use machinery to replace scarecrows, such as windmills. However, birds are smarter than you might think, and they quickly become familiar with these structures. Some of these attempts include hanging tins in trees or noise guns. But crows being adaptable as they are, usually realize it’s a trick and enter the fields after a time anyway.
Originally, Greek farmers would fashion their scarecrows to look like Priapus, who was the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite. The myth goes, Priapus lived near vineyards and he was supposedly very ugly. So whenever Priapus played in the vineyards, it scared the birds away and improved the harvest.
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We Don't care
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:12:38 AM PDT
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mylife
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:13:45 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Would you rather have Questions without answers? or Answers without questions?)
To: mylife
The one sitting down looks like Killary!
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:16:33 AM PDT
by
AbolishCSEU
(Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportiongte tfo mother's actual parenting of children)
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:18:19 AM PDT
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mylife
(Would you rather have Questions without answers? or Answers without questions?)
To: mylife
The scariest of all.....
The cacking Kamala scarecrow.....
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:18:52 AM PDT
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nevergore
(I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
To: nevergore
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:22:14 AM PDT
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mylife
(Would you rather have Questions without answers? or Answers without questions?)
To: nevergore
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:24:02 AM PDT
by
Dave911
To: mylife
Yeah ... this one is not so vintage. It's from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:24:58 AM PDT
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al_c
(Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
To: nevergore
To think where that mouth has been...yuck.
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:26:17 AM PDT
by
Avalon Memories
(Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...)
To: al_c
which was written in the 1700s
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:26:52 AM PDT
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mylife
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To: al_c
scarier yet , from the 1700s was “pumpkin beer”
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:28:16 AM PDT
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mylife
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To: Avalon Memories
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10/26/2021 7:32:36 AM PDT
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nevergore
(I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
To: mylife
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10/26/2021 7:33:49 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: mylife
“scarier yet , from the 1700s was “pumpkin beer””
It appears that halloween items (masks, witches, etc.) aren’t scary looking like they used to be. Guess we don’t want to harm our kids.
To: BenLurkin
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10/26/2021 7:35:23 AM PDT
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mylife
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To: cymbeline
I feel badly for kids today, they mask everyday
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10/26/2021 7:39:40 AM PDT
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mylife
(Would you rather have Questions without answers? or Answers without questions?)
To: mylife
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:41:29 AM PDT
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GOP Poet
(Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
To: mylife
Yes, but the movie with this particular scarecrow is from 1999.
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posted on
10/26/2021 7:54:35 AM PDT
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al_c
(Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
To: nevergore
Ugh, just the thought of it...barf.
Our VP dining with Willie Brown during her full-on slut days. Note the strategically slipped bodice of her dress...
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10/26/2021 8:50:50 AM PDT
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Avalon Memories
(Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...)
To: nevergore
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10/26/2021 8:54:26 AM PDT
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Avalon Memories
(Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...)
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