Daily Republican., 1883-10-29
ALL HALLOWEEN.
-,NGIu0 or D0OB BELLA. nov.
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AIN OFTME CELEDRATIOM.

xINGIHG OF Doo1 Bella. nov
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GIN FTME CELEBRATION.
The arst OF November, or All Saints
nav. Is looked upon with unusual inter
sst I by tho small boys and it is q circum'
slance truly remarkable that they
never fall to forget when the day roll.
roupd, which IL to them . season Ol
preat rejoicing. The event 10 celebra-
ID on the preceding evening and Is
srnM Hallowe' en-" or, a. the boys
nut 1t "Holly Eve and Holly Adam,
opeu tho door and let them have It,"
Previous to the time the girls prepare
lot Of sand or gravel bags with which
o pelt all the doors In their neighbor-
hood, while the boys are busy planning
he removal Of steps, signs and other
noyeable objects left standing out after
dark. Door bells are made to suffer
nd mischief runs riot until late In the
evening.
The origin Of this ancient custom has
Fspeatedly appeared in print, but a
brjef references to the same once year
read with interest by many. ALI
saints Day, in old English, ALL
Iallows, Ail-Hallowmas. or simply
Hallowmas, a festival Of the Roman
,atbolic Church, was introduced be-
ause of the impossibility Of keeping a
sparate day for every saint.
As early ~ the fourth century, on the
essation OF the persecution of the Chris
Ana the Sunday after Easter was ap-
,ojnted Ivy the Greek church for com
,emorat,ng tho martyrs generally !;
nd in the Church of Rome similar
ps,iyal was introduced about 6l0, A.
when the old heather, Pantheon (the
resent Rotonds or Saint Maria dei
dartiri, was consecra ed on the 18th
March to Mary and all the martyrs.
But the real festival OF all saints was
rst regularly instituted by Gregory
w., in 835, and appointed to be cele-
rated on the first Of November. 1t was
Omitted into England about $40. The
hoice of tho day was determined
the fact that November lst, or rather
le eve or night preceding 1t, was one
the fOnr great festivals, (lst Febru-
", lst May, LIST August, and lst No
ember, Of the heather nations Of the
orh, for 1t was the policy Of the church
supplant heathen by Christian observ-
bees. In England 1t was long custo-
ary to crack nuts, duck for apples In
tub Of water, and perform other
prmess firesids revelries.
While the same thing can be said of
rotland ,'the Hallowe'e en- ceremonies of
bat country partOok more Of a super
Etious character taking, among rus
cs, the forInof a charm to discover who
poul be his or her partner for life. OF
bese now almost exploded customs, the
Est summary is that contained in
lrns' we'll known poem, " Hallow-
en- In this country these ancient
es,mes are almost entirely extinct, but
small towns and at farm houses the
ackingof nuts, ,ducking for apples, ETC.,
Fe indulged in.
ALL SOULS DAY.
Following All"saints Day com q All
puls' Day, another festival Of the Ro-
an Catholic Church, which falls on
md of November. The object of 1t
by prayers and aims. giving, to allie.
ate the sufferings of the souls In pnr-
|tory. II was first instituted in the
mastery OF Clugny, 093, and the fol-
wing is the account given Of the cir
|mst'n by which it originated
A pilgrim returning from the Holy
End was compelled by a storm to
nd on a rocky island somewhere be-
zen Sicily and Thessalonica. Here
found hermit, who told him that
hong the cliffs of the island was stu
Jed the opening into the under world,
rough which huge flames ascended,
l the groans and cries of souls tor.
ented by evil angels were audible.
be hermit had also frequently heard
10 complaints and inn recations of the
Fvls, at the number of souls that were
rn from them by the prayers and
ms Of the pious they were especially
lFaged. he said, against the Abbot and
onks Of the Clnngy. The pilgrim on
sarrival acquainted Odilo, Abbot of
ungy, with what had come to his
howledge, and the Abbot thereupon
pointed the day after All Saints to
KEEP, in his monastery rs an annual
s'ival for All Souls"
The observance was quickly adopted
the whole Catholic world. BY
Mother account, the scene Of the Incl
tlt is transferred TO Sicily, and the in
l,lution to the year 99S.
Ii some parts of the west of England
ssrlll the custom for the village chill.
Fen to 90 around to all their neighbors
sening, as they call it-collecting
nail contributions, and singing the
owing verses, taken down from two
'he children themselves
Soul Soul for soul cake;
ray, good mistress, for soul.cake,
One or Peter, two for Paul,
Three for them who made US all.
,SSonl Soul for an apple or two;
l,I.you've got no apples, pears will do.
'pwith your kettle, and down with
your pan
Give me u good big one and III be
gone.
Ia1 soul-caks referred to in the
rises .sa sort Of bun, which, until
FS, II was an almost general custom
iropIe to make, and to give to one
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