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Show H Ai!W EM IS) ,-.-t. ; , ,-..': !hlllr'jlll!luitililill!liiiiiullil;;;!iii. ' ' Bv ELMO SCOTT WATSON Dewing by M. G. Kst'.ner. TI!i: history of Halloween t.irs a curious ros-in-Marve to that "t some ! "S 1 lie o!';-r rrd l.-TttT i!:ivs n Jl i t:r o .it'll. I:i r. nou!.;v Si. 'k I V;ilepti':i s i!.:y. K wii'r j '13 i"-J Cl.risinui .!:.. In i- 'a tlal !t v.-.:s origin. !! h I ;::::n fo-!iv;il :'. l fver t i:n--;"i ". :' 1 rfl:'i.':" n'x.'n :; M.-r mthI - (m;l ni!if!i H ur.-n' 1 v. As a i-::;t. lis tr:i.'.'U..t:s :i ' nf lie :i :'n I th.. C!u: ' .1 o':,sii!t r: h'y r :i r ri 1 in ri-n-nt - " hy px'.irT fu:;)!!!!1:'!'::' ' ! :' " '?..t n !;s or-':, in In I -! pr1 honi:s? :'!-l ly i.-r.I i :.s to ti't" s::n. T!;t' :, "' y " ,; vs. whet!: t ;iti:.n. (;:-U 1 Ccaa. s-$:.r!nl a !:mv of tr-ur I ' rw in ih"ir p:.n' !:"in to ih, ! I. t!'i u-:v:r of !i :M r l l:i-.u '1 U'r Tie f.:n nurkl out for 5 I'? t'i'"" of or'ij nn-l t! 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Ihe iv,.,.s,,l ..-, i --. h - v - ii is T f.'n.'.'oacen ' "PlS the nisht whtn .mull lotk wll 4 H.pi y In l.suiM J Ti the o-tit when vran fhoits ptalk Willi ihcir g owing cyttl k Fr. m ihe lrnc, the hiacti cats scream J In t.ie moon's pale hsiiU It is Wr m fairy d.ratn; Ha toween tunighl ! j Pum, ki is. yellowei than gold; S ool-ticks on the pane; p. Devils ilaiir.g thither, told; V 1 Va.de .is in their train! 4 Orils r.d Mh:;t!es rinc and roar a On t:ie strli nihl air. 01 such lun. could S.iints ot Yore, " "1 hen have trvn aware? 1r s M'lcS cn etli whirled like snow af hat a mimic war! a T Oancinj, yell.nc. on they go, On. parad.ng more! Mj i.ed and painted to the ears; - n..7c'.;en.d. darine eyei! H.v'Swern can h-ld no fears If vcu are in rfurui-e. a. Gforce Seldon Miskimin in Poetry gi .'. t r 0 f that t!ie-e s ri t s of darkness, d '.veil from their 1 1 1 haunts, had t: hen r.'f'.r-'e In caves and caverns where they held phostly revelry nil the year 'roand. hat on Halloween tiey t-aiae out to ira.-iiee their ma?ic r.;ol do liana to men. Cmd people were always in great d-oad of these evil spirits, and there was inaeh awed whispering as Ilal-l.evee'i Ilal-l.evee'i ;;; roaeh.ed. Some came forth as i-opper-Voiored hinls to kill farm animals. Some stole hanies. leaving in t:..ir nh'.ee cltanselincs. pohlins who -ere ! '1 in wickedness while still in the rrndle. Sometimes they would .steal n loide to take her to their d.:tk lair, v. hile the hrideproom he-mean".! he-mean".! her disappearance. If one wished to escape the lurking d viis on tii's day he must not permit Piiesiif to he cait'.'ht unaware. To i;ive a stra;;,'"r milk or fire, to lirinj! home a fiery thorn, to listen to phosily m:p.ie ini:-'iit ih.'hver one into their hands. Atal if one w nt to the spirit rrtilm. he would find upon his return lhat hundreds of yetirs had elapsed, and liiat he himself had hecome a'ed, i! ..Ti pit and hlind. .'o wonder, tiien, that the sjnori" peoolo took every preeaiitinn to drive away the powers of evil. Torches, when carried from west to east, would s"i'.d them seurryins away turoavh the air. In Scotland the vil-kr-e voulhs were wont to Bo from Moose' to house on Halloween cryins: 'lie's n p-at f burn the witches." To tie red thread around the throat, to sew a slip of witch elm in the doublet, to hold up n wand made from the rowan tree, all served to protect one from magic. It was a terrible thin- to be horn ,, Halloween. In Ireland the storv is s, ill tohl of the fate of I!el Mike, W. "was a oncer one from his birth. o wonder, for he first saw the IP-ht atwe.m dusk nn' dark "' a "!-loweon "!-loweon eve." At .1 party lest provd Mike's soul ! he all black and foul in anj:er be cried. "I've the ,'il'l o iii'ht. I have, an' on this day ,v curse can blast whatever I i.,,'.p." At that the priest showed a ,.,.,.i;iN ,,d he ran away bowline, in ilisnppeai through a I'" llll( ""' '"Th'e'pauan ori-in ot the festival is seen In many of the traditions winch still cliiiR to Ilallowei'n. Thus the liKhtini; of bonliies serves the doubio purpose of keeping away devils, witches and other mlschlef-niaklng be-Inps, be-Inps, In accordance with Ihe belief of the early Christians, and It also perpetuated per-petuated the druldical custom of lifrht-lus lifrht-lus tires in honor of the sun Rod in thankfulness for the harvest. The use of apples and nuts in our present Halloween celebrations is a survival of the druld ceremonies In which these edibles represented the winter store of fruits for which the sun pod was thanked. They were nlso us-ai In the divinations and consul tin;; of omens which gradually became a part of the celebration of this festival which was so tinged with superstition by the curly Christians. Indeed, in some countries, Halloween Is nlso known us "Xutcrack Night" because of the custom of using nuts ns a means of discovering the course love affairs will take. In regard to the use of nuts In the Halloween festival an early writer observes: "The first of November seems to retain the celebration of a festival to Pomona, when it Is supposed sup-posed the summer stores nre opened on the approach of winter. Divinations Divina-tions and consulting of omens attended attend-ed all these ceremonies in the practice prac-tice of the heathen. Hence, In the rural sacrifice of nuts, propitious omens nre sought touching matrimony: if the nuts lie still and burn together. It prognosticates a happy marriage or a hopeful love; If, on the contrary, they bounce nnd fly asunder, the sign is unpropitious. I do not doubt but the Scotch fires kindled on this day anciently burnt for this rural sacrifice." sacri-fice." Apples are used in various ways n the divination cererponies. It was believed be-lieved that if a maiden ate nn npple before a mirror, brushing her hair the while, the face of her future husband could be seen in the mirror peeping over her shoulder. Among the Irish there were certain conditions attached to tliis ceremony. The girl must steal an apple for use in the ceremony nnd also steal a knife with which to pare it. Tiien. standing before the mirror at midnight she would repeat "With this stolen knife, I pare this stolen apple and ns I cast the paring over my life shoulder I command that the face of my lover appear." It was also believed that if man or maiden at Halloween Hal-loween time should throw the paring over the shoulder upon falling to the ground it would form the letter of The name of the future husband or wife. In Scotland was observed the ceremony cere-mony of pulling kale stocks, or stalks of colewort. Young people were led , hand in I"""1- blindfolded. illfo tlie j kaleyard, or garden, and each pulled the first stalk be met with ; they then returned to the fireside to innpeet j their prizes. As the stalk was big or I lillle. straight or crooked, so should he the future wife or husband: the i quantity of yird (earth) clinging to j the root Indicated rhe tocher (wealth), j or dowry; the taste of the pith or j cusloek indicated the temper. Then the runts, or stalks, were placed over l1P door, and the Christian names of the first to enter thereafter were those of the individuals whom the respective re-spective parties were to marry. I |