Saturday, March 18, 2017

This is a Thing?

I thought I knew everything about Chesapeake Bay culture until I saw this in the Bay Weekly. Apparently it's been a tradition in Annapolis to build a community bonfire on St Patrick's Day weekend to burn your winter socks as a part of a spring ritual.


They'd have to pry them off my dead, cold feet first......
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 18, 2017 at 12:17 AM

    That DOES seem a bit early .............and apparently, these people do not know about HAND KNIT SOCKS!!!! CRETINS!

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  2. BetsyMarch 18, 2017 at 1:33 AM

    Ha! I don't think Mandy knew about that either. :-). I work to hard on my socks to burn them. I would go to the dollar store and buy a cheap pair to burn. Would that count?
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  3. LianaMarch 18, 2017 at 4:11 AM

    Agreed!

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  4. The Well Fed WheelMarch 18, 2017 at 10:01 AM

    OMG!!! I'm pretty sure sock burning is illegal....but if it isn't it should be!

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  5. WanderingcatstudioMarch 18, 2017 at 7:02 PM

    That's SACRILEGE!!!

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  6. Delighted HandsMarch 18, 2017 at 7:19 PM

    Take a pair of your husband's old ones! What a funny tradition!!

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  7. kathy bMarch 18, 2017 at 7:50 PM

    You are too too funny and I couldnt have said it better

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  8. MeredithMarch 20, 2017 at 5:32 PM

    No way would I burn knitted socks. I have only made three pair in my knitting lifetime and I might just throw someone in the fire if they tried to burn them.

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