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Iowa man turns family-owned barn into a hex barn in 2000 to ward off witches and weeds

Iowa man turns family-owned barn into a hex barn in 2000 to ward off witches and weeds
There's *** lot of people stop out here on the road, take pictures of it and why not? This barn has been in the Burke family for 100 and 30 years. It's held together with pegs. But in 1970 Jerry Burke turned it into *** hex barn. I guess I'm *** maybe, I don know, all four hex symbols on the barn have different meanings. This hex comes in handy on Halloween. It wards off witches. It's highly effective. 98.4% effective. In fact, Jerry recalls when his son brought home *** date years ago and it turned out that she belonged to one of the witches coins in Omaha. I don't know she didn't act uncomfortable or anything, but the point is she never came back. This symbol is supposed to strengthen the farm family. Then there's this one, the whole symbol together is supposed to ensure the timely emergence of crops. And the fourth gives the farm family an appreciation of nature and it also aids in the control of noxious weeds. This symbol proves authenticity. It's the Hallmark for the ancient Free accepted and amalgamated Association of hex sign Painters of America the Iowa Prefecture. You know, the good old *** F AAA HSPA I made that up. Ok. Actually, Jerry painted the Hexes just as *** joke after seeing pictures of similar Pennsylvania barns. Well, it turned out the joke was on me because every time I paint the barn and I have to scaffold up and paint the little on the side of the barn again, but he won't paint over the Hexes anytime soon after all. It's *** barn you don't see every day. Not too often. No, not with more complete coverage. Paul Frederick's KE TV. News watch seven.
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Iowa man turns family-owned barn into a hex barn in 2000 to ward off witches and weeds
A family-owned barn turned into a roadside attraction after Jerry Birkby painted four giant hexes on it.One of the hexes supposedly wards off witches, and it's highly effective, even driving off his son's date."It turned out that she belonged to one of the witch's cauldrons in Omaha ... I don't know. She didn't act uncomfortable or anything, but the point is she never came back," he said.See the full story in the video above.More from vlog archivesIowan man converts 60-foot twin silos into housevlog's backstage interview with *NSYNC before 1998 concert in Des Moines'Price is Right' host Bob Barker shares memories of IowaBarbie superfan from Iowa proves you're never too old to play with toys

A family-owned barn turned into a roadside attraction after Jerry Birkby painted four giant hexes on it.

One of the hexes supposedly wards off witches, and it's highly effective, even driving off his son's date.

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"It turned out that she belonged to one of the witch's cauldrons in Omaha ... I don't know. She didn't act uncomfortable or anything, but the point is she never came back," he said.

See the full story in the video above.

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