St. Paul daily globe., 1892-10-31
FOR ALL HALLOWEEN.
Tonight Reserved for the Small
Boy and Lovelorn
Maiden.
Customs OF the Even
ing.

The evening of the 31st of October is
called All Hallow Even, OF Halloween.
The Catholic church designed this day
to be held in honor of those saints who
had not particular days appointed for
them. In North Wales there is GUS
tom Oh All Saints eve of makinga great
fire, called "coel coeIh." Every family
at a certain hour of night makes great
bonfire in tie most conspicuous place
near the house. and when it is about
entiGguished every one throws white
stone into the ashes, having first marked
it: then having said their prayers. turn-
ing round the fire, they go to bed. In
the morning, as soon as they are up,
they come to search out the stones, and
il any of them are found wanting they
have notion that the one who threw it
in will die before he sees another Hal
lowe'en. In some parts of Scotland, on
Ali Saints eve, they set up fires in
every village. When the fire is con-
sumed the ashes are carefully formed
i'll circle. There is a stone put in neal
the circumference for every person of
the several families Interested in the
bonfire, and whatever stone is moved
out of its place, or injured, before the
next morning the person represented
by that stone is devoted, or ''fey," and
is supposed not to live twelve months
from that day.
The ringing of bells was one of the
modes of celebrating HalIowmas in
England in the olden times. 1t was
Roman Catholic practice, being designed
4,
tians. For this reason Queen Elizabeth
prohibited it. 1t was also the custom of
Catholic families to have cake baked
on this eve for every member of the
family, as soul-mass cake,o or soul cake.
1t was composed of oatmeal and full of
aromatic seeds. The burning of nuts
to test love or friendship is one OF the
amusements Of that night. The nuts
(cheStnuts) are placed on hot stove
and named, one after the person plac-
ing it there and the other after the one
she loves. If they. when heated, fly to-
ward each other their love is supposed
TO be true, but it they fly apart then
trouble will brew.
Another game is to take bits of bread,
moSten them with water and take
tiny slip of paper on which is written
the name of some loved friend and press
it into the center of the molstened
bread, forming into little ball; drop
the ball into glass OF water and if it
rises to the top the friend Is true; if 1t
remains in the bottom of the glass they
are supposed to lie false.
Take four-quart tin basin and into it
place cards on which are written some
prophetic quotation; to each of these tie
piece of baby ribbon half yard long.
Have one card Tor each guest and your
self as we'll; then take piece of pretty
tissue paper and cover the tin over the
top just as if it were meat pie, letting
the ends of the ribbon pr0trude from a
slit in the center of the pie. When re-
freShments Ofapples, doughnuts. pump
kin pie and nuts are served let each
guest choose string and pull forth the
fatal card prophetic of the future. This
can be made very interesting and anus
ing. Use great care not to use any
quotation that could wound or give Of
tense. Then there is the peeling of the
apples and tossing the parlng over The
shoulder to see what cabaliStic letter it
will form.
Again, when an apple is eaten the
seeds are stuck on the back of the hand
and named; the hand is then thrown
back over the left shoulder, and what
ever seeds remain are true friends. The
girls are all seated in circle. the boys
carefully blindfOlded, and each with a
magic wand "a cane will answer the
purpoSe) walks three times around the
circle, then touches one of the girls with
the wand, and SO selects the one ne is 10
wait on during refreshments. Again.
| you can have n fairy party" by all
| dressing like brownies zen masGue,'' -
removing the masks refreshments are
| served