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Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 19:45:33 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] What is this in English?



Have you seen some of the limberjack sites and the absolutely wonderful
toys folks have made using hand crank operations and several limberjacks? I
think all these items are very much a part of our culture of folk art. 

Mary

"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
-Walter Bagehot

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the
choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape
ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make
are ultimately our own responsibility."-----Eleanor Roosevelt

"Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are
dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do
it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many
tomorrows.

-Michael Landon

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> [Original Message]
> From: <BiersBlackwood-AT-aol.com>
> To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
> Date: 5/7/2006 7:02:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] What is this in English?
>
> Quite right, Mary.   Now, the planchette of the Ouija board might be a
rather 
> abstract puppet, moving about apparently on its own while lightly touched
by 
> the "living" communicators, writing or spelling out messages.   But who,
or 
> what, is the real motion man working the planchette in that situation?
>
> But back to actual puppets... another puppet whose motion is an end in 
> itself, and whose movements might be distracting (or attracting) rather
than 
> employed to tell any kind of story, is the Jumping Jack puppet, or
"pantin" to the 
> French.   It is a figure cut on a flat piece of wood, made up of one
solid piece 
> for the torso and head, and four separate piesces for arms and legs
jointed 
> to the torso piece.   A cord with two smaller string attachments runs
behind 
> the figure connecting all the limbs, so that when the cord is tugged it
pulls on 
> the little strings, and the arms and legs go up and down.   It is a toy
or 
> eye-catcher rather than a puppet for traditional performance.   It is a
kind of 
> marionette, I suppose, though one operated by a tug from below!
>
> Sean K. 
>
> In a message dated 5/7/06 6:20:35 PM, mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net writes:
>
>
> > Of course, there are always other definitions, hmmm, like "The
Planchette
> > was an instrument designed for the purpose of communicating with
spirits.
> > 
> > It was made of a thin heart shaped piece of wood, that was mounted on
two
> > small wheel castors and carrying a pencil pointing downwards." 
> > 
> > lol....
> > 
> > Mary
> > 
> > 
>
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