who here knows the groosome origons of the scarecrow
2006-09-27 12:09:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
clue: it began in anciant greece and had nothing to do with crows
2006-09-27 12:14:45 · update #1
yeah doesn't everyone nos tat??
2006-09-27 12:10:48 · answer #1 · answered by Tiffany B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is what scarecrows were used for in greece...
Greek Scarecrows
Twenty-five hundred years ago Greek farmers carved wooden scarecrows to look like Priapus, the son of the god Dionysus and the goddess Aphrodite. Priapus lived with some vineyard keepers and it is said that he was very ugly. The vineyard keepers noticed that when Priapus played in the vineyards the birds stayed away from the grapes and the harvest was the best ever. Other farmers decided to make statues that looked like Priapus to use in their vineyards. They painted the figures purple and put a club in one hand to make the statue look more dangerous and a sickle in the other for a good harvest.
2006-09-27 19:23:25 · answer #2 · answered by #41 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gotham City
2006-09-27 19:11:16 · answer #3 · answered by pink_paradise_1022 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes . they took a thief and bound him/her to a steak ,then disemboweled said thief and buried their entrails at the base of the steak and lashed a sickle in to one hand .it was be lived that the blood of the sacrificed thief would ensure a healthy crop and their spirit would return to slay any one who was so bold as to raid the crops
it should also be understood that the sacrifice was disemboweled while still alive ,and their mouth was sewn shut to damper their screams (hence the term to sew ones crops)
2006-09-27 19:38:38 · answer #4 · answered by giantdwarfbat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To scare crows away from crops. Nothing gruesome about that
2006-09-27 19:13:15 · answer #5 · answered by Taylor29 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A human sacrifice for the crops.
2006-09-27 19:15:17 · answer #6 · answered by unforgettable_1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,and I can't wait till it is halloween.
2006-09-27 19:14:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk....i'm gonna take a wild guess and say that the greek people took criminals that were to be killed and then like put them on poles and left them to die. you can't beat my bad-*** answer!!! lol :)
2006-09-27 19:20:57 · answer #8 · answered by cRaZeEcHiCa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scary! but we get candy!
candy candy candy candy candy candy candy candy !
2006-09-27 19:13:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
haLLOWEEN IS HERE I AM GETTING LOTS OF CANDY.
2006-09-27 19:11:24 · answer #10 · answered by tinkerbell 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋