The Wyeth’s Penchant for Pumpkin Painting and Halloween
If you're at all familiar with American Art, you know the work of at least one of the Wyeths. The Wyeths are America's most famous…
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If you're at all familiar with American Art, you know the work of at least one of the Wyeths. The Wyeths are America's most famous…
The most common belief is that the tradition of breaking the wishbone at Thanksgiving began with the ancient Etruscans and Romans who dried chicken wishbones and touched them as they made a wish. Lacking enough bones to go around the Romans fought over them – breaking them in the process. The Romans were said to have later introduced the practice into Great Britain. (more…)