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Quilt Barn
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Uploaded: 01/03/24 1:26 AM GMT
Quilt Barn
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We have a lot of these barn with quilt patterns on them. There is a group that goes around and offers to paint a particular pattern the farmer chooses. I don't know the names of the patterns, but I do like to see them.
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::koca
01/03/24 11:47 AM GMT
It's so beautiful, this barn is old but alive. Excellent work, Carol.
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Carol, I don't know if the farmer has a symbolic intention by applying a quilt pattern to his barn, but it's decorative and gives a barn a unique character.
Thanks for another beautiful barn photograph from you!
Thanks for another beautiful barn photograph from you!
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Another wonderful addition to your gallery. tigs=^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
They appear similar to some of the Amish barns I've seen in Illinois and Iowa - good one Carol.
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The Amen of nature is always a flower .... Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
When immigrants from Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands arrived in the United States, they brought with them a cherished tradition of painting symbols on barns. The Pennsylvania Dutch, renowned for their artistic barn decorations, often incorporated symmetrical or geometric designs similar to those found on quilts and everyday household items.
Beyond their visual appeal, these symbols served a practical purpose. The farmers, with their deep-rooted superstitions, believed that these painted symbols would protect their barns from evil spirits and bring good luck. Each design held its own meaning: eight-pointed stars symbolized abundance, rosettes safeguarded against famine, and oak leaves represented strength.
[Extra Tidbit] Many of these Pennsylvania Dutch barns would also exhibit white outlines around doors and windows, with semi-circular curved tops that would rise up considerably farther than the actual window or door. The reasoning behind this was that, just in case the hex symbols didn't drive bad spirits away, the spirits were considered to be rather ignorant, and the curved white lines at the top would fool them into thinking that this was the actual door or window, and, consequently, they would of course smack their heads against the barn wall as they tried to enter, causing enough pain that they would abandon their effort to gain entrance and spoil the grain and deform the as yet-unborn colt.
Just a little fun history for you, Carol.
-nik
Beyond their visual appeal, these symbols served a practical purpose. The farmers, with their deep-rooted superstitions, believed that these painted symbols would protect their barns from evil spirits and bring good luck. Each design held its own meaning: eight-pointed stars symbolized abundance, rosettes safeguarded against famine, and oak leaves represented strength.
[Extra Tidbit] Many of these Pennsylvania Dutch barns would also exhibit white outlines around doors and windows, with semi-circular curved tops that would rise up considerably farther than the actual window or door. The reasoning behind this was that, just in case the hex symbols didn't drive bad spirits away, the spirits were considered to be rather ignorant, and the curved white lines at the top would fool them into thinking that this was the actual door or window, and, consequently, they would of course smack their heads against the barn wall as they tried to enter, causing enough pain that they would abandon their effort to gain entrance and spoil the grain and deform the as yet-unborn colt.
Just a little fun history for you, Carol.
-nik
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