The Dark Shadows Alphabet Game

D is for desiderium - longing or yearning; an ardent longing, as for something lost. Barnabas felt desiderium for Josette.

----- Sally -----

E is for Eddie Jones, who played Sam Evans in the Revival Series.

F is for fraud....which is what Barnabas accused Reverend Trask of being.

G is for genethlialogy -  the art of casting horoscopes. In 1970 on DS, Sebastian Shaw practiced genethlialogy when he prepared Elizabeth's horoscope.

-----  Sally -----

H is for handouts....something Jason McGuire came to Collinwood for and got by blackmailing Elizabeth.

I is for interred - deposited and covered in the earth; buried; inhumed; as, to inter a dead body. Many people (both dead and alive) were interred on DS!  

----- Sally -----

J is for jigsaw puzzle.  Amy was particularly fond of them, and so was I!  There are also vintage DS puzzles that show up now and then on ebay.

K is for Kindred.  Archaic name for 'blood' relatives.

Pun totally intended!!!

~ JosettesMusicBox

L is for Lysette Anthony.

M is for malefic - doing mischief; producing evil; doing harm; having or exerting a malignant influence. Angelique cast many malefic spells.  

----- Sally -----

N is for Necklace.  Many of the characters wore necklaces - I particularly remember how beautiful Elizabeth's were.

~ JosettesMusicBox

 
"O" is for ODD.  The family, the townspeople, the town.  Just downright ODD, the whole lot of them!!!  LOL!

Judy

P is for palingenesis - new birth; reincarnation; second creation; a continued existence in different manner or form. There were many examples of palingenesis on DS -  such as Adam, Eve, Cassandra, Laura Collins, Jeb Hawkes (and all the Leviathan spawn).  I believe that even the werewolves and vampires could be considered examples of palingenesis.

----- Sally -----

Q is for quackle - to choke; to suffocate. Barnabas quackled  many people on DS.

----- Sally -----

R is for the Romany tribe of gypsies.