Star struck
By adamg - Wed, 04/30/2008 - 3:22pm.
OK, maybe I missed a memo again, but when did we decide that everybody's house had to have a large brown star next to the front door?
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what?
Is there supposed to be a photo or link to go with this?
No photo, yet
But it seems to be the rage here in Greater Roslindale and I saw one on TV today. Therefore, it's a trend. :-).
Gaffin scoops the Globe!
Gaffin scoops the Globe!
Plus, I've got the stats to prove it
The kidlet and I both noticed these things. That's an amazing 66.7% of the Gaffin household.
It's been a trend for the
It's been a trend for the past few years in rural southeastern MA (at the very least, it's probably prevalent in other rural areas). Sounds like it's creeping into suburban Boston 'hoods.
What exactly does "rural
What exactly does "rural southeastern Mass" mean? Carver?
Rochester and surrounding
Rochester and surrounding communities. Buzzards Bay. That general area.
Does most of Acushnet count?
See subject.
Biking Through Rural SE MA
The PanMass Challenge goes through rural southeastern MA on the first day each year, from Sturbridge to Bourne.
Think mosquitos, winding roads, etc. plus some nice pine barrens as you get across the lower hump that's down by Rhode Island.
Try out the "Flattest Century" ride every year, Tiverton RI up through Panadaram and back, and you can add in "pavement neglect" and "salt marshes" and "farms" between large and largely neglected former mill and whaling cities.
Seeeing stars again
Yes it is true, I do go to Christmas Tree Shops and apparently a lot of other folks too. Like Lilo, the stars are pretty cheap there.
From Yahoo answers
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080413094313AAdn2RN
Suspect answer
Not that it's necessarily wrong, but I can't find any other online reference to this so I'm a little suspect. If the symbolism was so obvious, you'd expect more discussion about it.
Indeed, more convincing evidence seems to be that they are Amish Barn Stars.
http://www.tinntreasures.com/history_Barnstar.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnstar
Just a symbol of good luck dating back to the 1800's or later. Might be faddish at the moment for some other reason. Maybe Martha Stewart featured one in some fashion.
Can we get house numbers on them?
That would be an even better trend - brown star with some indication of the address of the place. Might be thought overly friendly to outsiders, neighbors, and emergency services crews if you did that, though.
Butthead: Uh... He said
Butthead: Uh... He said "brown star".
Beavis: Heh heh, yeah, "brown star", heh heh heh. Heh heh heh heh heh heh!
(Sorry, I'll grow up some day)
Stars
That's interesting, because I had never noticed them until we had an out-of-town guest visiting in September and she asked me what was up with the stars. I had no idea what she was talking about, but then of course after she asked I started noticing them.
They are all over the place
They are all over the place on the Cape and I think they have started moving to the rest of the state ever since. I believe that I saw a house with about 4 of them on it once.