20071207 Carrollton Hounds celebrate a “Blessing of the Hounds” at the Farm Museum

Carrollton Hounds celebrate a “Blessing of the Hounds” at the Farm Museum

December 1, 2007 by Kevin Dayhoff – posted December 7^th, 2007

Carrollton Hounds Joint Master Bob Shirley gestures as the local foxhunting club unloaded their horses at the Carroll County Ag Center and prepared for a traditional “Blessing of the Hounds” at the Carroll County Farm Museum last Saturday afternoon. Photo by Kevin Dayhoff

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Westminster -- Last Saturday, December 1, members of the Carrollton Hounds foxhunting club appeared in their traditional “hunt” attire at the Farm Museum with their hounds for the 2007 Holiday Tour, “A Country Manor Christmas.”

There, they rode around the grounds, answered questions and posed for pictures. The holiday event featured Christmas merrymaking in a Victorian style.

The Farm Museum’s Holiday Tour continues next weekend, Dec. 7, 8, & 9. Guides in period attire are prepared to lead you through the six festively decorated rooms of the historic 1852 former Almshouse.

After a tour of the Almshouse, visitors can watch artisans create items which were necessary to everyday life in the 1800s. Activities include blacksmithing, tinsmithing, spinning, weaving, and open hearth cooking.

Families may also take a mule-drawn wagon ride around the grounds for an additional fee or visit with Santa in his Log House Fridays from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Saturdays, Noon-3 p.m. and 4:30-6:30 p.m.; and Sundays, 1-4 p.m.

The “Sleighbell Café” is available for lunch and the Museum Gift Shop is available for Christmas shopping.

Hours for “A Country Manor Christmas” are 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Friday; Saturday, 10 a.m. until 7 p.m., and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. There is a $2.50 per person entrance fee, although children age 6 and under accompanied by a paying guest can come for free. For additional information call 410-386-3880 or visit www.carrollcountyfarmmuseum.org on the web.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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For more information on the Carrollton Hounds:

Tom's Unofficial, Unauthorized Carrollton Hounds Page!

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/5129/carrollton.html

Opening Day: Stirrup Cup and Blessing of the Hounds with the Carrollton Hounds

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/5129/opening_day.html

Carroll County Public Library community organization listing for Carrollton Hounds:

Agency Name Carrollton Hounds, Inc.

http://community.carr.org/fullrecord.asp?record=423