In the
United States, immigrant German farmers
made human looking scarecrows called “bootzamon,” which later changed to
bogeyman. They were dressed in old clothes with a large red handkerchief around
their necks.
Scarecrows
are also found in Native American cultures. In parts of Virginia and the
Carolinas, adult men sat on raised platforms and shouted at birds or ground
animals that came near the crops. In the Southwest, some Native American
children had contests to see who could make the most frightening scarecrow, and
the Zuni tribe used lines of cedar poles strung with cords and animal skins to
keep the birds away.
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