tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457075502133755962024-02-19T14:19:00.282-03:00Improving my EnglishThis blog is for everyone who wants to learn more and more English!Jô Piantavinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00595428941108971009noreply@blogger.comBlogger875125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045707550213375596.post-82149521686586480282013-01-23T17:34:00.001-02:002013-01-23T17:34:19.946-02:00Travie McCoy & Bruno Mars - Billionaire, Music Video, Song Lyrics and Karaoke<a href="http://www.lyricstraining.com/play/5546/travie_mccoy_bruno_mars/billionaire#.UQA7FMGrQd8.blogger">Travie McCoy & Bruno Mars - Billionaire, Music Video, Song Lyrics and Karaoke</a>Jô Piantavinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00595428941108971009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045707550213375596.post-22103103541095389322013-01-16T21:27:00.001-02:002013-01-16T21:27:53.315-02:00Take Me Home Country Roads (John Denver)Hello, everyone...<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Hey, I just met you,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">And this is crazy,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">But here's my number,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">So call me, maybe?</span><br />
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I rewrote the famous poem The Night before Christmas </div>
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The Night Before Christmas Or Yuletide or Such....<br />
to reinstate Odin and the ancient Norse traditions<br />
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<b>Twas the night before Christmas or Yuletide Or Such...</b></div>
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<b>Of the day I'm not certain but I remember this much,</b></div>
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<b>The North-winds were blowing Snowstorms through the air,</b></div>
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<b>Forewarning that Odin soon would be there.</b></div>
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<b>The Lords of Misrule had danced and had fed,</b></div>
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<b>Along Earth Mother's Night where mistletoe paths joyfully led,</b></div>
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<b>And now the people of this world, and above and below,</b></div>
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<b>Then out in the heavens there arose such a clatter,</b></div>
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<b>I ran out from my fireside to see what was the matter,</b></div>
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<b>Away thoughts and memories I flew in a flash,</b></div>
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<b>Tore open the curtains and went out in a dash.</b></div>
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<b>There shinning bright neath Cerridwen's moon,</b></div>
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<b>Like midday in middle earth lay the snow all around strewn,</b></div>
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<b>And as my eyes raced around for the source of the clamor</b></div>
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<b>I be-spied Odin the Wise, in such grandeur, I stammer...</b></div>
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<b>Across midnight sky in reindeer sled did he fly,</b></div>
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<b>The Holly King himself with Eckhardt and the spirits of those who did die,</b></div>
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<b>For tis the 12 nights of Yuletide and this heavenly crew,</b></div>
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<b>Odin leads across rainbow bridge to their afterlife new.</b><br />
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<b>As howling storms before that wild hurricane fly</b></div>
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<b>So more and more spirits mount this magical sky,</b></div>
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<b>Beyond the edge of the moon and outside of time,</b></div>
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<b>To the North-lands beyond knowing they disappeared with a sigh.</b><br />
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<b>In relief and quite awestruck I turned to go home,</b></div>
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<b>Then heard the King's laughter and I froze as if struck by the Crone,</b></div>
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<b>''Now Sleipnir and Cracker and Gnasher and Vixen,</b></div>
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<b>To the children of Asgard we must dash on our mission...</b><br />
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<b>For this is the night we bring our blessings to bear!''</b></div>
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<b>Then a tinkling on roof of each reindeer hoof did I hear,</b></div>
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<b>I gathered my cape and for Goddess protection beseech</b></div>
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<b>When down lept Black Eckhard on me his flaming eyes reached..</b></div>
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<b>Then Holly King Odin, his voice like thunder did call,</b></div>
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<b>''Now now dear black Eckhardt, let us raise those who did fall''</b></div>
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<b>And dressed in a red cloak from his head to his foot,</b></div>
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<b>His hair and his beard with starlight gently shook.</b><br />
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<b>Of Odin's good humor, he was a right jolly elf,</b></div>
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<b>His midwinter missive on Yuletide and Christmas now done,</b></div>
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<b>They sprang into sleigh to depart ere the day come,</b></div>
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<b>His laughing call rang out clear...</b></div>
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<b>Happy Yuletide to All, and to All a goodnight!</b><br />
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Solstício de inverno no hemisfério norte, solstício de verão no hemisfério sul... Esta é a época do ano mais celebrada pelo mundo judaico-cristão! E por que? Seria o nascimento do Menino Jesus a única razão? Também. Mas, segundo antigas tradições nórdicas, não é a única. A verdade é que a origem das celebrações nos meses de dezembro e janeiro (entre elas o <b>Natal </b>e o <b>Dia de Reis)</b> são muito anteriores ao Cristianismo. Aliás, muitas tradições que repetimos ano após ano em nossa celebração cristã do Natal tem origem em um antigo festival dos povos nórdicos, passado para os celtas e germânicos: o <b>Yule Feast</b> (Festival de Yule), que tinha 12 dias de duração. </div>
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Escrito <b>"Geola</b>" no inglês antigo, "<b>Yule</b>" é uma palavra inglesa ancestral. Antes do Inglês adotar o calendário Romano de acordo com a Cristandade, "<b>Yule</b>" correspondia aos meses de dezembro e janeiro. O que nós chamamos de <b>"Dezembro"</b> era <b>"Aerra Geola"</b> (antes de Yule), e <b>"Janeiro"</b> era <b>"Afterra Geola"</b> (seguindo Yule). O Festival de Yule caía entre os dois (de 25/12 a 06/01). </div>
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<b>Yule </b>era a antiga celebração do Solstício de Inverno dos povos nórdicos, celtas e germânicos, que tinha início em ou por volta de 25 de dezembro. Para dar início as celebrações, a <b>Tora de Yule</b> (<b>Yule Log</b>) era queimada em uma fogueira ou na lareira da família. Mas não se queimava toda a madeira. Um pedaço dela, assim como as cinzas, eram guardadas e mantidas na casa durante todo o ano, a fim de acender a lenha do próximo <b>Yule</b> (next year's Yule log). Isto era (e ainda é!) feito para a prosperidade de todos na casa. </div>
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É impossível discutir as tradições pagãs de <b>Yule</b> sem mencionar o<b> Natal </b>cristão. Como já disse, muitos dos costumes de <b>Yule</b> foram absorvidos pelo Cristianismo que associou a celebração do solstício de inverno, que ocorre por volta de 21 de dezembro no hemisfério norte ao nascimento de Jesus.</div>
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A tradição da <b>Árvore de Natal </b>tem origem nas celebrações pagãs de<b> Yule</b>, nas quais as famílias traziam uma árvore verde para dentro de casa para que os espíritos da Natureza tivessem um lugar confortável para permanecer durante o inverno frio. Sinos eram colocados nos galhos da árvore. Os espíritos da Natureza eram presenteados e as pessoas pediam aos Elementais (<b>Elementais</b> é o nome dado a todo e qualquer espírito existente na natureza) que as mantivessem tão vivas e fortes durante o inverno como a árvore que recebia lindos enfeites.</div>
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O pinheiro sempre esteve associado com a Grande Deusa (Natureza). As luzes e os ornamentos, como Sol, Lua e estrelas que faziam parte da decoração das árvores, representavam os espíritos que eram lembrados no final de cada ano. Presentes eram colocados aos pés da árvore para as divindades e isso resultou na moderna troca de presentes da atual festa natalina. </div>
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As cores tradicionais do Natal, verde e vermelho, também são de origem pagã, já que a tradição nórdica celebrava o fogo (vermelho) e usava uma tora de <b>Yule</b> (verde). Um pedaço de tronco que havia sido preservado durante todo o decorrer do ano era queimado, enquanto outro novo era enfeitado e guardado para protege toda casa durante o ano que viria. Os troncos geralmente eram decorados com símbolos que representassem o que as pessoas queriam atrair para sua vida. </div>
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Para os antigos celtas celebrar o Solstício de Inverno era o mesmo que reafirmar a continuação vida, pois <b>Yule</b> é o tempo de celebrar o <b>Espírito da Terra</b>, pedindo coragem para enfrentar os obstáculos e dificuldades que atravessariam até a chegada da Primavera. Era o momento de contar histórias, cantar e dançar com a família, celebrando a vida e a união.</div>
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O tema principal desta comemoração é a <b>Luz</b> em todas as suas manifestações, seja fogo da lareira, seja uma fogueira, de velas, etc., onde ela torna-se um elemento mágico capaz de ajudar o Sol a retornar para a Terra, para nossa vida, corações e mentes. </div>
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A expressão <b>"Yuletide Season"</b> (Época das Festas) é redundante. <b>Yuletide<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">\</span><span class="unicode" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'; text-align: center;">ˈ</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">yül-</span><span class="unicode" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'; text-align: center;">ˌ</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">tīd\ </span>significa<b> "Yule Season"</b>. A palavra do inglês antigo<b> "tide"</b> significa<b> "point or portion of time" </b>(ponto ou porção de tempo = tempo). Daí, o termo atual "<b>Happy Yuletide</b>" (pouco usado em inglês, é verdade), para desejar <b>"Boas Festas!</b>".</div>
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Por falar em expressões, para nomear o período de festividades relacionadas ao Natal, <b>Yuletide </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">\</span><span class="unicode" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'; text-align: center;">ˈ</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">yül-</span><span class="unicode" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'; text-align: center;">ˌ</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">tīd\</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> </span>é o termo menos comum em inglês. Os termos mais comuns são <b>Christmatide,</b> <b>Twelvetide</b> (ou <b>Twelve Days of Christmas</b> - nome dado pelo comércio para os doze dias de compras antes do Natal), ou o mais comum de todos, <b>Christmas Season</b>. Este período tem início no dia 24 de dezembro,<b> "Christmas Eve" </b>(Véspera de Natal), e termina no dia no dia 05 de janeiro, véspera do<b> "Epiphany"</b> (também conhecido como A Epifania do Senhor, no dia 06 de janeiro).</div>
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4. <b>Yule singing</b> (wassailing) = prática em que as pessoas vão de casa em casa cantando as tradicionais Christmas Carols (canções natalinas)<br />
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </strong>A majority of Americans will be staying at home this New Year’s Eve, spending time with friends and family, according to a survey by Hasbro Inc.</div>
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This goes against the rowdy traditions of past New Year’s Eves.</div>
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There are several American New Year’s Eve traditions that can be done in the home, such as cooking cabbage, sauerkraut or black eyed peas. All three of these foods are said to bring good luck and prosperity in the new year.</div>
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There’s also the New Year’s Eve kiss. Origins of the kiss are cloudy. Popular notion is that kissing your significant other or those closest to you at the stroke of midnight will strengthen the bond and predict a better future for the relationship. A lesser known notion comes from European origin. It is believed that masquerade balls during New Year’s Eve featured a kiss at midnight to purify the year ahead, while the masks were to symbolize evil spirits of the past.</div>
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Regardless of where American traditions come from, they are well-rooted in American culture — but what about cultures from around the world?</div>
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In Spain and several other Latino cultures, the eating of grapes is used to usher in the new year. At midnight, a grape is eaten for every chime — 12 grapes, 12 chimes. Each grape is believed to bring good luck for the next 12 months ahead.</div>
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Germans partake in the practice of molybdomancy. A practice where molten lead or tin is dropped into water and the ensuing shape is used to predict the future ahead. Germans and Finns participate in this tradition on New Year’s Eve. While the shapes of cooled metal are open to interpretation, many see the practice as a fun, light-hearted experience.</div>
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Scotland brings in the new year with Hogmanay and the “first-footing.” Just after midnight, a friend or neighbor enters a home bearing a symbolic gift. Gifts range from salt, to coal, shortbread or whiskey. The gift is supposed to bring good luck and prosperity to the home.</div>
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In perhaps one of the quirkier traditions, Ecuador’s men dress in women’s clothing to symbolize the “widow” of the year that’s passed. Ecuadorians also gather to burn life-sized dummies representing the misfortunes of the last year.</div>
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Regardless of the country, the theme of good luck, prosperity and family are constants. And whether you are out on the town or lounging at home … at midnight, grab a kiss, some food and sing Auld Lang Syne, which interestingly enough has been translated into more than 40 languages.</div>
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Do you understand anything? Has this person communicated anything to you? Probably not! That's because these verbs are <b>helping verbs</b> and have no meaning on their own. They are necessary for the grammatical structure of the sentence, but they do not tell us very much alone. We usually use helping verbs with main verbs. They "help" the main verb. (The sentences in the above examples are therefore incomplete. They need at least a main verb to complete them.) There are only about 15 helping verbs.</div>
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Verbs are sometimes described as "action words". This is partly true. Many verbs give the idea of action, of "doing" something. For example, words like <i>run, fight, do</i> and <i>work</i> all convey action.</div>
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A verb always has a subject. (In the sentence "John speaks English", <i>John</i> is the subject and <i>speaks</i> is the verb.) In simple terms, therefore, we can say that verbs are words that tell us what a subject <b>does</b>or <b>is</b>; they describe:</div>
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There is something very special about verbs in English. Most other words (adjectives, adverbs, prepositions etc) do not change in form (although nouns can have singular and plural forms). But almost all verbs change in form. For example, the verb <i>to work</i> has five forms:</div>
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Hello guys and gals!<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Era uma vez, um espantalho que não tinha amigos. Trabalhava num campo de trigo, não era um trabalho difícil, mas muito solitário, não tinha ninguém com quem falar. Os dias e as noites eram eternos. A única coisa que podia fazer era ver os pássaros e sempre que eles passavam o espantalho cumprimentava-os, mas eles nunca respondiam porque tinham medo dele.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Um dia, o espantalho fez algo que era proibido, ofereceu uma semente a um pássaro, mas mesmo assim o pássaro não quis e, assim, o espantalho perguntava-se porque ninguém queria ser seu amigo.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">O tempo passou, até que numa noite fria um corvo cego caiu ao lado do espantalho; o corvo tremia e estava cheio de fome. O espantalho cuidou do corvo. Passaram alguns dias o corvo melhorou e o espantalho contou-lhe que o tinha embrulhado no seu cachecol, que lhe tinha dado sementes para comer. No momento do corvo partir, o espantalho perguntou:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">- Por que os pássaros não querem ser meus amigos?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> O corvo explicou que o trabalho dos espantalhos era assustar os pássaros e que eram uns seres malvados, desprezíveis e uns monstros.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ofendido, o espantalho disse: – Não é verdade! Eu não sou mau eu sou apenas um espantalho!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">E mais uma vez o espantalho ficou sem amigos.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nessa mesma noite, o espantalho tomou uma decisão, não queria mais assustar os pássaros, queria mudar de profissão. Foi falar com o seu dono, o qual ao vê-lo…GRITOU aterrorizado. Todos os vizinhos acordaram assustados e perguntavam o que se estava a passar e o dono do espantalho contou que o seu espantalho falava e andava e que só podia ser obra do Diabo.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">O espantalho fugiu com medo e refugiou-se num moinho que rapidamente ficou rodeado de aldeões, que cheios de ira lançaram fogo ao moinho. O espantalho gritava com medo de morrer, mas ninguém se importou. Até que alguns corvos que voavam por perto (um deles era o cego) ouviram os gritos de agonia e foram ver de onde vinha. Os corvos contaram ao corvo cego que os aldeões estavam a incendiar o moinho e lá dentro estava um espantalho com um cachecol muito comprido. O corvo cego disse que aquele espantalho era bom, que o tinha salvado. Os corvos emocionados com a história quiseram salvar o espantalho, mas já era tarde demais, não podiam fazer mais nada.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">O espantalho morreu queimado.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Os corvos esperaram até ao amanhecer e quando já não existia mais fogo foram até ao resto das palhas, pegaram nas cinzas do espantalho, voaram para o alto, bem alto e jogaram as cinzas pelo ar. O vento espalhou as cinzas para todas as direcções. As cinzas voavam juntas com todos os pássaros e deste modo o espantalho nunca mais voltou a ficar só, porque as cinzas agora voavam com os seus novos amigos. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Na memória da trágica morte do espantalho o corvo cego e todos os corvos decidiram vestir-se de luto. E por isso desde esse dia todos os corvos são pretos em memória do espantalho que quis ser amigo dos pássaros.</span></div>
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Levado para os Estados Unidos pelos colonizadores, o Halloween é, hoje em dia, uma das festas mais populares do país. Fantasiados conforme manda o figurino fantasmagórico, meninos e meninas percorrem as casas vizinhas repetindo a frase: "Trick or Treat?" (travessuras ou gostosuras), e recebem doces em troca do sossego dos donos da casa.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">A palavra halloween é originária do inglês, onde é a contração de duas palavras: hallowed - santo e o final "e'en" - noite, ou "All Hallow Eve", que significa Noite de Todos os Santos. É comemorada no dia 31 de Outubro.Tem origem há centenas de anos atrás, onde é hoje a Grã Bretanha e o norte da França. Lá viviam os celtas. Os celtas comemoravam o Halloween. Eles tinham uma religião chamada Wicca. Os sacerdotes wiccas eram chamados druidas.</span><br style="text-align: center;" /><br style="text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Para os wiccas, existe um Princípio Criador, que não tem nome e está além de todas as definições. Desse princípio surgiram as duas grandes olaridades, que deram origem ao Universo e a todas as formas de vida: o Princípio Feminino ou Grande Mãe e o Princípio Masculino ou deus Cornífero. Os wiccas acreditam que A Grande Mãe representa a Energia Universal Geradora, o Útero de toda criação. É associada aos mistérios da Lua, da intuição, da noite, da escuridão e da receptividade. A Deusa se mostra com três faces: a Virgem, a Mãe e a Velha Sábia (relacionada à bruxa, na imaginação popular).</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Da mesma maneira, acreditam que o deus Cornífero é o símbolo solar da energia masculina, nasceu da Deusa, sendo seu complemento, trazendo para si os atributos da coragem, pensamento lógico, fertilidade, saúde e alegria.</span><br style="text-align: center;" /><br style="text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Na wicca, o deus Cornífero nasce da Grande Mãe, cresce, se torna adulto, apaixona-se pela Deusa Virgem, fazem amor, a Deusa fica grávida, o deus Cornífero morre no Inverno e renasce novamente, fechando o ciclo do renascimento, que coincide com os ciclos da natureza.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Desejo a todos vocês um Halloween cheinho de doces e travessuras... Ou doces travessuras!!!</b></span></div>
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Backstreet boys... Do you remember them?<br />
Nooo?! So, watch this classic video and... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!<br />
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