If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
Pilgrims!
Idyllic Pilgrims
This is an early engraving depicting the Pilgrims landing; it’s based on 1799 engraving by Samuel Hall.
While it represents an idyllic version of the landing this Thanksgiving picture has charm.
However, historian criticise the picture on the ground that the costume is more 1800s than 1620. Also, according to contemporary journals the Pilgrims did not meet Indians until several week after the initial landing.
What was the Pilgrim Fathers and Mothers favorite dance?
The Plymouth Rock
Mary Chilton Sets Foot on America
According to legend it was Mary Chilton who first stepped ashore from the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock.
Mary was only 15 in 1620, unlike many including her parents, Mary survived the first winter, and later married John Winslow in 1624.
The First Thanksgiving
Below is Jennie Brownscombe’s interpretation of the Pilgrim Fathers celebrating the First Thanksgiving. This picture has become a symbol of Thanksgiving and was printed in Life magazine
Thankful Pilgrims
Pilgrim Jokes
Why the Pilgrim’s pants always falling down?
Because they wore their buckles in their hats.
What happed to the Pilgrim who was shot at by an Indian?
He had an arrow miss.
‘Nathaniel you know an ancestor of mine came over on the Mayflower.’
Nathaniel replied: ‘Really? Which rat was he?’
Why did the hungry Pilgrim eat the last candle
He wanted a light snack.
‘I was going to serve sweet potatoes with Thanksgiving dinner, but I sat on them.’
‘So what are you serving now?’
‘Squash.’
Now where is that Turkey?
Two pilgrims go out hunting
One hunter has two blunderbusses.
The second pilgrim asks, ‘Why do you have two blunderbusses?’
The first pilgrim explains, ‘I usually miss the first time I shoot. By taking two I can shoot again.’
The second pilgrim thinks for a while and then says, ‘Why not just take the second one, and only shoot once?’
Pilgrims Friend or Foe?
Cartoon by Clay Jones
Please send us your funny pilgrim jokes.
