Barn Star

By Crusader1307

As we have seen with ‘’Hex Signs’’ (the use of painted iconography and symbolism placed on Barns in 18th and 19th Century America for ‘’protection against Evil’’), ‘’Barnstars’’ served a similar purpose. Rather than protection, They were used to ‘’invite ‘’Good Luck’’ to both The Farmer and to ‘’what’’ was placed inside the structure. Common to The Pennsylvanian-Dutch (US). Barnstars were not painted onto the structure 9as were Hex Signs), but wooden constructs affixed to The Barn. (5)-pointed, Barnstars were often painted – but this was not a requirement.