Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-30

Halloween is that on this night the
immaterial principle in ma. may de-
tsch..itsel from the material and wan
$der Ground the world at will Divina-
1tion Is thsn believed TO attain its high
est power, and the gift asserted by
G,endower Of calling spirits from the
! Vastly deep" becomes available to all
who choose to avail themselves of the
PRIVILEGES which are supposed to be
grated on this occasion.
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IYis>aSustonsfn,I Ireland, when the
voting woFseaswoMd knowSF their low
ets are >faitHfuI to pp; three Ruts upon
thsbars Of NE crate, nsring The nuts
after the16yefs, If the nut }Sfraclts Or
jumps tie i5verSg epprSpEesfaitbftl; if
it begins tbsblaze or Burn, he2fsas re-
gard fml the person making f4e trial.
If the pu@ ,nam&dAaftsrr thelsirl and
hSf lover hV1i tOgetAsF theyiwili be
m arried, rrY i'F-z5I~-,3FIW
jThsre il a cuFyomi siilits.prk ka1eht in
Scotland, as the inijiatory Halloween
ceremony, Of pulling kaiIsls9lS5! fpr
stocks of eolewart. The: young pSqfe
go out, hanA-inihand,. biiudfolaedt Limo
the kailyard or, garden, and each pulls
the first stalk which he chances to
meet. -. -...-.......... ,,
They then return to the fresie$ ITO
inspect their prizes. According as the
stalk IS big or little Straight or crook
ed, so shall be the future wife or hus-
band of the party by whom it is pulled
The quantity of earth sticking to the
root denotes the amount of fortune,
and the taste of the pith indicates the
temper. Finally, the stalks are
placed, one after another, over the
door and the Christian names of the
Ipersons who chance thereafter to en-
ter the house are held in the same
succession to indicate those of the in
dividuals whom the parties are to
marry. H.. %
Another ceremony much practiced
on Halloween is that of the "Three
Dishes, or Luggies." Two of these are
respectively filled with clean and foul
water, and one is empty. They are
arranged on the hearth, when the par
ties, blindfolded, advance in succession
and dip their fingers into one. If they
dip into the clean water, they are tc
5 marry maiden; if into the foul water
a widow; if into the empty dish, the
party is destined to end his days or
= earth either bachelor or an old maid
Another of these, what may perhap!
! be termed unhallowed rites of Allhal
low Eve, is to wet shirt sleeve, han!
it up to the fire to dry and lie in be-
watching it till midnight, when the ap
partition of the individuals future part
ner for life will enter the room exact
y ly at midnight, and carefully turn tn
: sleeve over as II endeavoring to dry ii
4 A beautiful custom, but one which /
Z dangerous TO health, is that whereof,
the young maiden desirous of seeinl
her future husband goes to the. WOO
at midnight, and gazes in the pool I
a fortune be with her. her lover vii
peep over her shoulder and she, ,Wil
: see his face plainly mirrored in tn
water This belief probably o:fginat
ca from The fact that the segrass
z mound near the pool in the wood wa
~ favorite trystingTplaee, and that a
I the spirit of the man could separat
a from the body 1t would probably Wis
e the lfavorite haunt and appear to u
e waiting maiden. But of course, all tt
conditions must be favorable.
q Halloween is the one. night in th
!, year In which nuts and apples figuf
n in the celebration. The children, VII
~ are troubled BY no thought OF lover
e delight to.ebob" for apples in a tib
t. water. One game is to hang a site
e horizontally by a string from the Gel
y Ting; on one end OF it an apple, on tn
i pthef a lighted candle, The stick
4 set tWlrling, and the apple must 1
i bitten, The danger IS that as IL
= stick reyolyes so rapidly thai one ma
" biteldhe candle;Hbut the risk only ii
p" cfeases5 fbe, Interest IN the game, ah
u maEes Jtheiftmtir efforts of ipeTso