Sarah wrote:
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And the last is an cream coloured globular alien being with a row of =
pointy bobbles in a circle around the top a little like =
http://www.jeffspirit.com/gourd.jpg

Does anyone know what they are called? Or how to use them?

The last one is a 'crown of thorns' gourd... here's a good link with probably
everything you could want to know about gourds ;-):

http://www.americangourdsociety.org/FAQ.html

hth,

Cheers,

Fritz