Aviva Directory
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| History of the Jack O’Lantern |
| A brightly lit pumpkin with a ghastly glowing face sits on the porch. It is one of the most well recognized Halloween traditions. However, do you know where this tradition originated? Origin During the 1800′s, immigrants from the Irish Potato Famine brought their use of this lantern. |
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| Knights: The Tournament |
| If we look back in history, it’s easy to trace the origin of tournaments. Basically tournaments started as practice to ensure knight maintained their skills. The tournament made it possible for knights of an army to practice battle together to keep their skills honed to perfection. |
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| What Most People Don’t Know About Pumpkin Pie |
| I love pumpkin pie, but most people don’t. What is wrong with some people? How can anyone not like pumpkin pie? So, in place of actually baking such a pie, I decided to see what I could dig up. Doesn’t taste quite as good, but what I found was at least fascinating. |
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| 15 Fun Facts about Animal Crackers |
| 1. Even though they are commonly just called ˜animal crackers', their actual name is really ˜Barnum's Animals Crackers'. The latter is a little more difficult to say (especially with the ˜s' on animals) so I can see why we've resorted to the shorter version. |
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