Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-30
ALL HALLOW EVE.
How to Then Find Out Your Sweet.
heart.
SOME or THE QUEER OLD CHARMS AND SPELL
TRIED.

SOME OF THE QUEER OLD CHARMS AND SPELLS
THAT WERE PRAcTIcED AND MAY NOW BE
TRIED.
Tomorrow night will be All Hallow Eve, or.
as it is generally called, Holly Eva"
The young boys celebrate it by ringing door
bells, throwing cabbages and indulging in all
sorts Of mischievous pranks, while young men
and maidens seek to pry into the future and
see what matrimonial luck is in store for them.
The origin of the belief that on this occasion
supernatural infuences have unusual power that
devils, witches and fairies are abroad; that all
spirits are free to roam through space and that
the spiritual element in all living humanity can
be made to read its own future reveal to others
what fate may have in store for them, probably
was far back in Pagan times.
The day following is All Saints Day, which
was established by the church many centuries
ago. 1t was found impossible from the great and
constantly increasing multitude of saints to set
apart separate day for each, and so it was de-
creed that November l should be kept as a day
IN honor of all the saints and that it should be
known as All Hallow Mas. or All Saints Day,
and that the night of October 81, Immediately
preceding it. should be kept as a vigil and be
known as All Hallow Eve. These occasions are
still observed religiously in the Catholic, Epis-
copal and Lutheran churches.
HALLOWEEN SPELLS.
But in ell ages and in all countries All Hal
low Eve has been deemed to be the particular
occasion when young people of both sexes may
learn through various methods of divination
whether they will be happily married or wheth-
er they are doomed to lives of single blessed
ness. Almost every time and country has its
own peculiar charms and spells. many Of which
have been sung by poets and others, have been
pleasantly told by compilers of folk lore. Rob-
ert Burns. in his poem of Halloween" has
given charming account of many of the
charms and spells resorted to by the Scottish
peasantrv. In an old book, entitled I've True
Arte to Reade We Future" is the following
II maid would know We name of We man she
Is to marry, let her on All Hallow Even steal
out to a lime kiln and throw therein a clue of
blue yarn, still holding to We other end. Pres
emily We end in We kiln will be sharply pulled.
Then We maid must say. Who holdsP Where
upon We voice of her future husband will pro-
nounce his name. both We Christian and We sur
name" lime kiln is not handy in every COM
munlty, but there are many girls in Washing
ton who would walk miles to find lime kiln
if they thought they could gain a husband by
following the above directions.
ANOTHER CHARM
quaint old book of charms. published in
Edinburg in 1890, entitled .'Old Father Times
Bundle of Faggots Newly Bound Up" declares
that an infallible means of getting a view
of your future husband or wife is to 90 to
bed on Hallow Eve with glass of water in
which a small silver of wood has been placed,
standing on a table by your bedside. In the
night you will dream of falling from a bridge
into river and of being rescued by your fu-
tire wife or husband, whom you will see as
distinctly as though viewed with waking eyes,
In another old book. called ''Ye Mysteries of
Ie Wytche Craft" there is given a charm ..By
which a maid may know if We man she loves be
true" To perform this the maid is directed to
pluck at midnight on All Hallow Eve two
monthly roses with long stems, naming one
for herself and the other for her lover.
She must then go directly to her sleeping room
without speaking to any one and kneeling be-
side her bed must Irvine the stems of the two
roses together and then repeat the following
lines, meanwhile gazing intently upon the rose
named for her lover:
Irvine, Irvine and intertwine,
Let my love be wholly mine,
II bis heart be kind and true,
Deeper grow his roses hue"
II her swain be faithful the color of the rose
representing him will grow darker and more
intense.
OF all the many Hallow Eve spells and
charms, associated with nuts one of the oldest
Is that which prevails in some Of Englands
northern counties. and which is to the effect
that II young man or woman will go at mid
night on Hallow Eve to a walnut tree and walk
around 1t three times, crying out each time
Let him Cor herr that is to be my true love
BRING me some walnuts," the future wife or
husband will be seen in the tree gathering its
fruit.
THE MAGIC OF THE WIND.
Avery old Hallow Eve divination. formerly
much practiced by English rustics to tell from
what quarter Of the compass the future hus-
band or wife will come, is performed by steal
ing out unobserved at midnight plucking a
small lock Of hair from ones head and casting
IT to the breeze. Whatever direction it Is
blown toward is believed to be the location of
the future matrimonial partner
1t Is quite likely that the young readers of
The STAR will try some of the above charms
tomorrow night in order to determine for
themselves whether there is any virtue in them.
II they result in satisfactory predictions and If
those predictions are verified by future hap
penings they will devoutly believe All Hallow
Eve nominations. If the spells do not work
they viii say that the practice is heather one.