What ornamental thing would you prettify the outside of your home with? Heads!

Hi LovingLife, love your response, sounds like you'd definitely be tempted by the real heads, perhaps fresh, dripping blood onto your unwanted vistiors. Okay I'm guessing here but gnomes means you are English right? I coulnd't believe when they started selling them over here, must be a demand from the English moving abroad. The fantasy of which Greek head I used to want beside my front door used to amuse me greatly but I've mellowed a bit now.

Hey! To be honest with you I didn't know you were serious about the heads outside of the door. I thought it would be funny to have all of those things outside of my house, especially to see people's reactions. I was under the impression that the discussion was all in fun. :) Haha, no, I'm not English, but that was a good guess. I live in the United States with a ethnicity background of at least Cherokee Indian and French. Gnomes and flamingoes are always what I think of when I picture lawn ornaments! :) Since you seem to be serious about the heads, they really sell fake heads to hang up around the house? What kind of culture do you live in? This is really quite fascinating. It reminds me of growing up with my gothic brother...he had a fake decapitated head hanging from his ceiling fan!

Hey! To be honest with you I didn't know you were serious about the heads outside of the door. I thought it would be funny to have all of those things outside of my house, especially to see people's reactions. I was under the impression that the discussion was all in fun.:) Haha, no, I'm not English, but that was a good guess. I live in the United States with a ethnicity background of at least Cherokee Indian and French. Gnomes and flamingoes are always what I think of when I picture lawn ornaments!:) Since you seem to be serious about the heads, they really sell fake heads to hang up around the house? What kind of culture do you live in? This is really quite fascinating. It reminds me of growing up with my gothic brother...he had a fake decapitated head hanging from his ceiling fan! + - ! Hi LovingLife, no it was not in fun though now enough time has past I do find it an amusing piece of local history and tradition. The culture is Greek and we are talking about a wild untamed part of the mainland which was very much cut off from the rest of the country. Hardly anything grew to eat and the sea which was much lower hosted lots of pirates. It was a hard life and lack of access to other areas led to everyone being related. Feuds amongst neighbouring Maniots went on for generations and often resulted in murder. The enemies head would indeed be nailed up on the outside of the high tower houses they dwelled in. Thses days the stone and plaster heads are mainly of Greek gods and goddesses but I bought the two I have in honour of the Mani past.

Hi mimpi, some of the heads are actually stone. There was a time when I fancied real ones but settled for plaster. I like the sound of your custom of an auspicious plant, it sounds lovely. It is good to see these traditions carried on.

Not at all, they were nailed to tower houses and remember people didn't wash anyway in those days. Now real foo dogs or plaster ones, I ask in a light vein as not got a clue what a foo dog is!

LOL good point. i would prefer stone,but cement cast is good too. let me see if it'll let me post a picture..

Ha, so not real ones after all, nice pic. When I get round to recharging the camera I'll try and put a picture of my two heads on here once I've worked out how to do it.

Hi fruitcakeliz, glad you find the tradition interesting, at the time the only kind of visitors would have been pirates as it was a pretty small community with no road access, well away from the nearest neighbours. Wow, you live in Amish terroritory, that must bring many great sights, horse drawn carriages on the roads and really cute looking houses. You certainly make New England sound lush, you conjure up a place I'd like to see.