Juleigh Howard-Hobson A “Year’s Mind” is the ancient English term for observing the anniversary of a person’s death. It comes to us through the Norse erfi minne: funeral drinking in honor of the dead. Interestingly, this observing of the dead on their death day is also known as ‘Minnying Days” which comes from the Saxon word…
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Haint Blue
Juleigh Howard-Hobson Known variously as Haunt Blue, Spirit Blue, and even New Orleans Blue, Haint Blue refers to a certain kind of color that sits somewhere between greenish blue and blueish green. Originally a milk-paint made up by the Geechee or Gullah folk (for the most part African-American slaves or descendants of slaves, although…
