Posted by admin | Posted in Window Dressing | Posted on 26-11-2009
Tags: design, fun, games, kids, space
My Brother is working in Ohio and has noticed while driving through stars on the barns. Whay is that?
He also has noticed that different barns have a different number of stars. Is there a story or history to the barns and stars?
The previous answer is correct. They were originally an old German custom to ward off witches and demons.
Nowadays, they are used primaily just as quaint decorations.
Burt Squires Fabricating A Copper Barn Star
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Kidkraft Star Table and Chair Set $98.76 Dimension of Table: 30.25L x 22.25W x 20.5H Dimension of Chairs: 12L x 11.75W x 20H Finish: Red, Blue and Wood Material: Wood 3pcs Kid’s Star Table & Chair Set With Two Storage Bins You will receive a total of one table and two chairs. Items include: Sized perfectly for kids Two convenient storage bins Bins can be reached from either side of table Star-shaped hole… |
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Crocodile Creek Barnyard Placemat $2.79 This fun 11″ x 17″ polypropylene placemat features colorful animal illustrations. Easily wipes clean after every meal…. |
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Barn Star Americana Patriotic Garden Flag $9.95 Patriotic Barn Star Garden Flag featuring large red, white and blue barn star. Unique checked border with “crackle” background and updated country primitive theme. Created by Artist Kathy Hunter. Reads correctly from one side. Design is visible from both sides with vibrant colors and detail. Display patriotic garden flags using our garden flagpoles or garden flag stands. Decorative Printed Pa… |
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Paramount Pictures 90th Anniversary Memorable Scores $12.84 Granddaddy of the Hollywood studios, Paramount Pictures is rightfully proud of its century of contributions to both American cinema and the art of film scoring. But the first disc of this 43-track double-CD anthology merely hints at the studio’s musical peaks, blithely skipping through its first seven decades in just 17 tracks. Indeed, the package as a whole seems more interested in marketing its … |
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Varèse Sarabande – A 25th Anniversary Celebration $11.50 … |
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The Incredible Film Music Box $22.30 … |
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Wizard So So Fun Magical Adventure (DVD) $4.99 This feature includes WIZARD SO SO AND THE BARN RATS, in which the Wizard and Kitty the cat battle three bullying rats, and WIZARD SO SO AND THE REAL DRAGONFLY, in which Wizard`s friend Dragonfly yearns to be an actual flying dragon. |
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Horse Housing $19.57 A comprehensive guide that leads horse owners through the maze of designing, building, or remodeling horse barns, featuring 16 plans and 150 color photos. |
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Backyard Horsekeeping $24.7 Experienced backyard horsekeeper Joan Fry leads the prospective horse owner through the process of assessing suitable land; choosing a veterinarian and farrier; constructing and furnishing a small barn, paddock, and arena; purchasin… |
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Barn Building $25.29 Classic barns of North America.This book celebrates the era of North American barn-building known as "The Golden Age of Barn Construction," from the early 1700s to the mid-20th century. The author explores the variety of barn styles, pays tribute to the craftsmanship of their builders, and chronicles the lives and times of both the barns and those who built them. Barn Building is illustrated throughout with contemporary color interior and exterior photographs, historic black-and-white photos, and the author`s own illustrations.The barns featured are in various European and North American styles. Some examples:*Log barns *Round barns *Dutch barns *Octagonal barns *English barns *Sixteen-sided barns *Quebec barns *Shaker barns *Bank barns *Star barns. Specific barns include, among many others, a Vermont cider mill, bank barns in Ohio Amish country, a Pennsylvania star barn, and a Quebec mystic barn.Rural life has been forever changed by mega-farms and urbanization. Barn Building celebrates the remarkable treasures of rural architecture that still dot the landscape. |
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Barn $5.99 A New England barn watches more than 200 years of history unfold in this folk tale that, with a lyrical text and elegant oil paintings, presents the beauty of a barn keeping vigil generation after generation. Full-color illustrations. |
