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It's a Celebration of Autumn at Wade House!
Enjoy the picturesque scenery of autumn in Wisconsin as you join us for an exciting Halloween adventure during an Autumn Celebration at Wade House this Saturday and Sunday, October 13-14. Bring the whole family and take a horse-drawn wagon ride into the Wade House countryside, learn the Irish origins of the jack-o'-lantern, carve a pumpkin or a turnip, listen to scary (but family friendly) 19th-century stories, play seasonal games of the period, and experience the tastes and tasks once prevalent during the 1860s as you learn about the origins of Halloween.
Discover how the Irish originally carved jack-o'-lanterns from turnips — their vegetable of choice for making jack-o'-lanterns until Irish immigrants to America found that pumpkins were not only more abundant than turnips, but larger and far easier to carve. Once outside the inn, guests can try their hand at crafting their own Irish jack-o'-lanterns from turnips as well as from the more traditional American favorite, the pumpkin. In the Wade House kitchen, learn about other Celtic-born Halloween customs such as using apple peelings and burning nuts to foretell one's fortunes in love.
At the nearby Herrling sawmill, prepare for some scary but family friendly Halloween storytelling as the mill's doors are closed and the building darkened for candlelight tales of All Hallows Eve — Halloween's original name — when spirits of the dead were said to revisit the mortal world and roam their old haunts. Just a stone's throw away, at the Dockstader Blacksmith Shop, see a blacksmith ply his time-honored trade and take part in the traditional Halloween games of snap apple and bobbing, or "ducking," for apples.
For complete details on admission, location and contact information, visit the Wade House visitor information page.
:: Posted October 8, 2007
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