Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-31

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When to each lads and lassie's ears
comes trip of fairy feet.
| "nen witches frolic through the air.
| Astride on flying broomsticks.
ana with shrill laughter everywhere
they play in field and room tricks.
| When man and maid, with mien Sc
date.
But beating heart doth question Fate,
Tonight is the night long looked for
| by the young people, for it is the
| mysterious night" the night when
| Hlucn OF the future is revealed to en-
| curing lovers who so about it right to
! get the information desired
From time immemorial the last night
! IN october has witnessed strange rites.
| ilrst practiced. perhaps. long centuries
| ago in the mystical land of the Druitls,
| ior IL is stated that Halloween origi-
| mated in the days of the Celts of old
and their priests, the Druids. long be-
| lore the light of Christianity banshed
the gods of heathendom. leaving them
known TO this latter day world only by
traditions and by innocent sports that
90 not seem to pass away.
| When the Druidical belief gave way
| 10 Christianity. the Christian Church
instead of for5idling the celebration OF
the ancient harvest festival of the
/ Celts. clothed it with Christian signi6-
canoe. and 1t became All Hallow- Eve
or the eve of All-Saints- Day, as No
vember LIST had been dedicated to all
of the saints on the calendar
SOME OF THE DIvINATIONS.
me future is sometimes prognosti-
Gated on Halloween by candle omens
+ candle burns with an azure tint IL
signifies the presence or near approach
OF spirit or gnome. a collection of
tallow rising against the candlewicll is
styled winding sheet, and is deemed
an omen of death in the family. y
spark at the candle denotes that the
observer Will shortly receive n letter.
Many young girls fill the mouth with
water on Halloween and walk or run
around the block. being careful not to
swallow the water or suffer 1t TO es-
cape from the mouth. If n girl sue
cecds in doing this tho first r,an net
on returning home will be her hus-
band.
To ascertain ones standing with a
sweetheart. select at random an apple
and quarter it. carefully gathering the
seeds from the core. According to the
number found tho following formula is
used: !. love: .. love: 3. 7 love.
say: 4. love with all my heart: s.
cast away: G. He loves: = She loves:
s. They both love: .. lie comes: 10. He
tarries: II. He courts; IL, He marrics:
Is. Honor; II. Riches.
Two cambria needles are named on
Halloween and slSillfuly placed in Il
vessel of water. Ii they float. swim
ming side by side. the course OF true
love runs smooth for those they repre-
sent. If they sink both together. or if
one sinks and the other floats. the per-
sons named will not marry each other.
Peel an apple so that the skin re-
mains in unbroken sequence. Whirl
this skin three times around the head
so that when released it passes over
tho left shoulder and falls to the floor
assuming the initial OF the chosen ones
name.
An interesting Halloween divination
that solves matrimonial doubt and
hanishes uncertainty is accomplished
by arranging three dishes upon the
hearth. Into the first is nut clean wa
ter. into the second cloudcd or muddy
water. while the third is left cmpty
Tho candidate is securely blindfolded
and led to the hearth where the dishes
are. The left hand is dinpcd. and If
by chance il be in the clean water. the
wife that is 10 be will come to the bar
of matrimony n young maid: IL in the
muddy water an old maid but ir tn
empty dish ii foretclls with equal Ger
tainty no marriage at all. This ccrc-
mony is three times repeated the ar
ranGement of the dishes being each
time changed
Another test is for hcr TO take n can
die. and. going alone. by its light only
stand before a mirror and eat an an
pie. Some traditions say one should
comb ones hair instead of eating the
apple The conditions Of the spell be-
ing perfect. n shadow face supposed
tn he that Of the maden's future hus-
band. will he seen in the glass, as if
pecping over her shoulder.
Ducking for apples and the attemnt
to secure, by means of the mouth only.
an apple balanced upon stick sus-
pended from the ceiling. upon The othcr
end Of which is placed a Itrhted candle
provokes much laughter and no little
spirited competition. For a girl to
know If she will marry within the yea,
she must obtain green pcapod In
which are exactly nine peas: hang II
over the door. and if tho next man
guest entering be n bachelor her own
marriage will follow within twelve
months. This smell is sometimes tried
at other times than at Halloween. but
the conditions then are generally con-
sidcred less favorable.
Burning nuts is Il famous Caledonian
| charm. Two hazel nuts. sacred to
witches. one bearing the name of the
lad and the other the lass. are laid in
the fire. side by side and according as
they burn quietly away together or
| start away from one another. so will
| he the progress and issue of the court
ship.
| RIO the old Scotch Halloween super
| stitions there have been added other
| formerly unattached snperstitions un-
| til IL is now difficult. If not impossible
to trace whence came many OF the OBJ
| servances that mark the closing day OF
October In certain parts of the world
| the old Druid fires are still lit on EaI-
| low Mass. but without knowing that
tho surviving custom is q relic of pa-
! ganism. In Ireland. as VOL rs in Scot
| land and Scandinavia. Halloween OH
| scrvances are current one Of them he
| ing the ceremony of the making of the
dumhcakc.
| Stops tho Cough and Works Off thr Cold.
Iaxatirne Promo ouininc Tablets cure
cold inc day. No cure. no paw. P-ico