The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
PASSING hALLONEEN FRANKS.
Chicago Evening Post.


they celebrated the passing away OF au-
tumn ana the coming in OF winter. WHINE
IN Christian times Halloween appears to
hove been kind Of Mard Gnas to An
SAINTS Day which follows IL
II is TO irish slu Scoteh folklore that
one must turn for the most quaint, cur
anees u the Last day of Ocicbe,. Nlicnes.
\ N~flocks ana esp Jay the fairies, were
| aui POSED to hoii l.lgh reNels on thar ntght.
| the terrible PhooKa was abroad rhs
thcoka was 'arge, dusky looking cyea-
ttte That sometimes LOCK The fern OF a
! NE roc, Win fire cleaning from It's eyes
and aostrils. On Halloween Ii would lurk
| n .,nesoine piiccs creep nciseiessly be-
itrd the belated ana iuwary traseler,
END, thrusing It's INDUSTRIOUS head be-
ana wh.ri h!m up 20 tbs moon. or plunge
! wth him TO the bottom Of the lake. Or
! ny with him over the ocean OF up TO the
remote rsalm OF space between dark Uld
! dawn. on that n.slt moriAls were sup
/ J., sed TO nave power over the fairies and
/ i they LOOK a han-ill ot aust from be-
meath Their feet avd threw il a; thc,r me
| good fax would be compelled to give up
| any human being who m ght be held COP
I tive N eiilanl A. was very significant
I custom among the IrSh pensaltry on
/ halloween 70 So about ARMED Wlth ssicks
/ 'ad clubs, coliccuus money, eggs cheese,
! AXES ana other PROVISIONS, winch they
/ demanded In the Iamt OF :. columhkLl
| Ia whose honor verses were repeated.
/ MOSTLY PERrAlNED TO LOVE.
/ Most OF the Halloween observances, how
ever. We're love spells Al midnigh; the
/ boys and the eolleeus wouli 50 out .nio
/ ne garden blirdfolIe! as.a each would put
/ up a cabbage. The forms Of the heads
| and stalks were supposed TO denote the
physical peculiar.ucs OF the future hus-
hard or w.fe, and 4 earth adhered to
]
! - - M 4 - ''' "N'
nave q, DOVER. whae o1eorilns ms tho
,1str OF ine roots Wa sweet or sour 20
/ WIS me temper o. tAe foulls spouse IL
J was great TINE iuf me ttliS OF appies
/ Fra NUS: ne sheA u iae alter were
! The ashes; Another SIZE. was 70 put nuts
/ upon the bars OF iAe CRATE. giving TO each
! The uatne OF sweci neGi " "a Uut jump
1 al or cracked hat lover wouii prove un-
/ iA-thiul. II * ptslA 10y blazing. re was
fae i9Ner anu Il Two i'e., nAinet at ,,, \
sure sign that theS wou1 DE- married;
/ 4ann wo9,, mao OF pIl'@eAi rtHsteI
/ aPp.es mixed wfh az. or hl'N vas I'M M
| pres tIioea oefeiaE" Yer I'VE ctNsl7-Hi.' he
| WORD IS corruptlcn oi ll mus uphtl
/ me DAY 81 inc apFe iI'.t. we 'usA'het'lE
OF the apple harvest beng celebrated, on
| bat on 10 the saint Who watched over
| trusts ana seeds. -.
In Wales, boDfires were III on the night
| Of All Hullows; white stones. upon caeh
/ OF which ths name 81 some person Nas
Mi!'ten, were ,nto"n mo et'vu.' a, Ems ne
| r56-ninfr 4; WIS ON 81 death, The peonl.
| jo ned hands and danced around the ire,
IN NJ, au,np p on' III, ~. for,n Of +,
/ Hack sow. Very curious VAS the Welsh
! custom according 10 wn,ch the youth of
! both sexes would 60 ont seeH,ns an ~ Gu
| !tayed spt.g or a.h ihe M WhY . 0'.Ij3
| il would call out 'Cy iiNes hni Wlull
/ he answered by tho rr't az the oppns 70
s,N who succeeded in discovering another;
/ when was a sign THAI those TWO Would
he mated.
AMONG THE SCOTCH FOLKLORE.
80, ~, -. ,.,,,,lt,,.,., ,.,,h i, t.,t-
| o-o'ci l"'N'o't . PSSu''"'iS .'N'' 20 ''-''
! loweeD supersticons Burns mas immor-
talized some of them In one OF his most
/ - ,r,, ,,,,,4 ~. ,
c''"F"e'e'1s'e poems "o "N' N."S "a 4"
taVors,e spell was for a lasse to steal ont
of the house unpercelvcd go TO the barn
w 10 -sst,,i. ,,,ha,,,
open "V'' uoo's' anu II p'sS'O'c' u''''~'s
them. lest the appafttioh shou.i close
the instruments used In winnowing corn,
so through the process OF letting down
yiie S Sg' l}es t,I1es tbc ,hiEa an
{ appar ton Il was thought, would pass