Quote Originally Posted by oldsoldier View Post
An old tradition, I remember, when reading about Ireland, was to place a glass jar of sand by the front doorstep. Now, I know you're not religious (I am not particularly religious myself), but, this was to keep an evil spirit busy counting the grains of sand until morning, when he was banished by the sunlight. I always thought it was an interesting story, and wondered, exactly, how big a jar someone would need
I like that one. What a great conversation starter! "Umm, why is that jar of sand sitting by your door?"

Thanks. I wonder how many of these I can get the wife to accept. Maybe, if I start with the owl guts, she'll take the rest to get rid of that one.