MIlton Barn In Orton
by Deborah Benoit
Title
MIlton Barn In Orton
Artist
Deborah Benoit
Medium
Photograph - Original Photography By Deborah Benoit
Description
This barn was totally destroyed in a storm a few years ago. The owners decided to rebuilt to replace it and this is the result. Taken in Milton, Vermont.
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The word Barn comes from the Old English “bere”, for barley (or grain in general), and “aern”, for a storage place—thus, a storehouse for barley. “Another word for 'barn' in Old English was beretun, "barley enclosure" (from tun: "'enclosure,' 'house'...", or beretun (barton), also meaning a threshing floor.However, the common English name for a grain storage building now is granary.
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Modern barns may include a stable, from Latin stabulum "a stall, fold, aviary, etc." (literally "a standing place,"), byre (cow shed, from bower which is from Old English bur— "room, hut, dwelling, chamber," from Proto-Germanic *buraz (cf. Old Norse bur "chamber," Swedish bur "cage," Old High German bur "dwelling, chamber," German Bauer "birdcage")…”, or stall, “...place in a stable for animals," from Old English steall "place where cattle are kept, place, position," and Proto-Germanic *stallaz (cf. Old Norse stallr "pedestal for idols, altar," Old Frisian stal, Old High German stall "stand, place, stable, stall," German Stall "stable," Stelle "place".
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Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
An interesting presentation Deborah! Congrats on your Feature in Barns Big and Small. We also Voted! Celebrate life, Debra and Dave