Helpful Husky

If you would like to consult Jane Doe, our Helpful Husky, please legibly write your situation on a piece of paper and place it in the labeled box in the front office. You do not need to expose your identity, so feel free to write a fake name or no name at all. Need some ideas on what to write? Try asking about schoolwork, friends, family, personal concerns or just fun and silly questions in general! Please make the questions school appropriate. (We've included one answered question and a sample unanswered question in this issue!

Riddles :

Q: What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the rich don't have it, the poor have it and

if you eat it you'll die?

A: Nothing

Q: The man who makes it sells it, the man who buys it doesn't need it, and the man who uses it doesn't know he has it. What is it?

A: a coffin

Q: When you've got me you don't want to share me. When you share me you no longer have me. What am I?

A: a secret

Q: What gets broken without being held?

 A: a promise

Q: Imagine you are in a dark room, how do you get out?

 A: stop imagining 

Fun Facts about Halloween!

1. The word "witch" comes from the old English word wicce, meaning "wise women."  In fact, wiccan were highly respected people at one time.  According to popular belief, witches held one of their two meetings on Halloween night.
2. The first Jack-o-lanterns were made out of turnips.
3. Trick-or-treating evolved from the ancient Celtic tradition of putting out treats and food to placate spirits who roamed the streets at Samhain, a sacred festival that marked the end of the Celtic calendar year.
4. Halloween"is short for "Hallows' Eve" or "Hallows' Evening," which was the evening before All Hallows' (sanctified or holy) Day or Hallowmas on November 1. In an effort to convert pagans, the Christian church decided that Hallowmas or All Saints' Day (November 1) and all Souls' (November 2) should assimilate sacred pagan holidays that fell on or around October 31.
5. Black and orange are typically associated with Halloween. Orange is a symbol of strength and endurance and, along with brown and gold, stands for the harvest and autumn. Black is typically a symbol of death and darkness and acts as a reminder that Halloween was once a festival that marked the boundaries between life and death.
6. Harry Houdini (1874-1926) was one of the most famous and mysterious magicians who ever lived. Strangely enough, he died in 1926 on Halloween night as a result of a ruptured appendix.
7. Dressing up as ghouls and other spooks originated from the ancient Celtic tradition of townspeople disguising themselves as demons and spirits. The Celts believed that disguising themselves this way would allow them to escape the notice of the real spirits wandering the streets during Samhain.
8. Vampire legends may have been based on Vlad of Walachia, also known as Vlad the Impaler (c. 1431-1476). He had a habit of nailing hats to people's heads, skinning them alive, and impaling them on upright stakes. He also liked to dip bread into the blood of his enemies and eat it. His name, Vlad, means son of the dragon or Dracula, who has been identified as the historical Dracula. Though Vlad the Impaler was murdered in 1476, his tomb is reported empty.
9. The black cat's bad luck stated in the Europe when the hysteria of witches practicing black magic had just hit Europe and alley cats were often cared for and fed by the poor lonely old ladies (funny how some things never change) later accused of witchery.
10. Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.