My children descend from a variety of cultures.

The BRIGHT family relocated from Pennsylvania to the booming riverfront town of Wyandotte, Kansas, shortly after the Civil War.

The MOORE family, of Scots-Irish descent, lived in the upcountry of South Carolina for a hundred years or more.

The THADEN family came from German immigrants and Tennessee Scots-Irish clans.

The NICHOLAS family originated in Tripoli and Beirut, Syria, and lived among a Syrian colony in Jacksonville, Florida.

The HAHN and LUTES families raced for land in the Oklahoma Land Run of 1893 and had been ever on the frontier prior to that time.

The ROMEO and MOTTA families immigrated to this country at the turn of the century from Sicily.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The Cornicello

                                                               

The cornicello is also known as the Devil's Horn and predates Christianity by thousands of years. These twisted red coral, gold, or silver amulets are often worn as necklaces to ward off curses like the Evil Eye.  The curse of the Evil Eye is cast upon a person when someone else has coveted one of their possessions.  Every culture in the Mediterranean seems to have some version of the Evil Eye and their own way to ward off the curses it causes.  

 Picture from http://www.consiglioskitchenware.com/cornicello-italian-horn-charm-keychain-medium
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