tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021450099193451157.post3610545886131690170..comments2024-03-13T14:50:33.210-05:00Comments on Words Going Wild: Shenanigans, Anyone?Jim Bernhardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02002078047052060275noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021450099193451157.post-19655919521854209122020-09-12T14:05:38.760-05:002020-09-12T14:05:38.760-05:00shuh-NAN-ee-guns is how I pronounce it.shuh-NAN-ee-guns is how I pronounce it.Jim Bernhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02002078047052060275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021450099193451157.post-46064701585208366592020-09-08T17:31:50.143-05:002020-09-08T17:31:50.143-05:00Could you tell me how to pronounce samghnagans ple...Could you tell me how to pronounce samghnagans please? I need to know for a college project Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546464602436726421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021450099193451157.post-66643970460249904962018-08-07T19:41:39.968-05:002018-08-07T19:41:39.968-05:00I'd love to have an entomologist examine the p...I'd love to have an entomologist examine the possible connection between shenanigans and Samghnagans.<br />""As the Middle Ages progressed, so did the celebrations of the fire festivals. Bonfires known as Samghnagans, which were more personal Samhain fires nearer the farms, became a tradition, purportedly to protect families from fairies and witches. Carved turnips called jack-o-lanterns began to appear, attached by strings to sticks and embedded with coal. Later Irish tradition switched to pumpkins. In Wales, men tossed burning wood at each other in violent games and set off fireworks. In Northern England, men paraded with noisemakers."Patricia Robin Woodruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670989256373768843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021450099193451157.post-50181299533678169252016-03-17T02:00:05.781-05:002016-03-17T02:00:05.781-05:00Nice. I shared this on twitter. Nice. I shared this on twitter. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com