The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
HALLOWEEN
Tue Greater Taste for Country Life the
Caue % the Increasing Popularity
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the spells - scottish Observance
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the spells scottish Observance
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Halloween IL rcgaining lost popularity as
a festive occasion. and the direct cnuse OF
the increasing favor Is the growing taste
for country life. II IL no town festival.
Il calls for great barns full 81 shadows.
and awesome garrcts and ~sepulchral CELLAR.
and kale patches.
The big kitchen Of an old country house
4. an ideal place for Halloween merry max
ing. and a country barn Il a Halloween
happy hunting ground. II the weather is
not too cold. A big bonfire must be kindled
In front 81 the barn and there all the T-erng
into the future that needs fire may be done.
As a matter OF fact no Halloween party.
wherever held. Ia the real thing unless IL
Includes a bonfire In the old days every
Scot built a bonfire la front o' his dwelling
hou W. on Halloween. and the Scottish
hill.ides were ablaze With flaming hcacons
as soon n night fell. In many parts 81
both Scotland and Ireland they went fur
Their and built two fires In observance Of the
old Celtic teltane custom.
Apples and nuts play AN important part
In Halloween frulics. Apple bobbing calls
for a complexion and front hair tina will
stand water, and the successful apple
bobber NAY b. considered to ba devoid
Of self-consciousne~Ss and vanity II "A
gih goes In enthusiastically for apple bob
ling & might Ice wise for a man To lead
her aside and propose to her at once. without
waiting for any supernatural informa-
ton or advice. The chances arr she would
maxi, "A sensible wife.
SIX apples IL the usual allowance for tho
tub Of water. One or two may hay" mad
cubes cut out and tiny souvenirs inserted,
the cubs then bcing replaced. In" person
knaels he-ido the tub. his hands b"hind his
back. and tries to III the apple from IN"
winter with I'm teeth Or b" may hold a
fork with his t~'th and try To- spear an APP
ole with II and then take apple, fork and
all from the tub with his t"c't.
l,,s messy. but much more difficult
apple game has the apples suspended from
the ceiling OF door frame. and tho a-pirant,
with hands ti,d lrhind him must get a
lite from one - ia" swinging apples Fate
APPLES hanging from a small tree may
contain, In plac,- Of cores. messages Of
prophecy anu advice .
An apple pa-iug thrown over the head
will take the ,hape Of the initial of the
future wife or uSband
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and sit before n mirror 10y candl,light,
combing her hnir and eating an apple at
tho same time, will sen the face Of her true
love looking over her shoulder into the
mirror.
With the nuts. tho ~favorite experiment
Il 20 place two nuts on a shovel or on the
hearth near the blazing fire, and name
them II the two klndle and burn quietly
together. the pair should marry and viii
ha happy II one pops and crack and
,,.,,. Vhof nuts namsszakH IL nnfal MN.
" one burns quietly. 1t II a sign OF faithful
devotion.
Kaling was one - the most important
features uf a scotch Halloween celebra-
ton, and II a mod-rn hostess u not lucky
enough 20 have a cabbage patch in her
garden, she NAV. II she lives out OF town.
have some cabbage stumps planted a day
or 'wo before her party and hrmly pressed
into the soil The knowledge seekers
mus, HE themselves forth Ia the kale
patch. They NAV 60 sinslv or hand In
hand, and they may 60 blindfolded or
walk backward. but they must not see tho
kala. Each parrbn must pull the frst
kale stump he can md by cropping II
the sweetheart will he easy 20 win. II the
reverse, hard TO win.
The share Of the stump will hint NJ the
figure 81 the prospective wife OF husband:
IL. length viii suggest age II much soil
clings To II. the life partner will be rich:
Il not. poor. Finally, II the stump II car
ricj home and hung over the door, the
a., u.rs,n outside IA. family who passes
mndsr II will haar a name whose initial
is the same A. ,ha, 81 the sweetheart.
Tho whita of an egg dropped into water
j. a,ipnosssi 10 tell the profession Of the
S,,,tra husband IL tak.~ ON queer shapes
ant Of uhlch imagination NAV coniure
ali sor,s Of objects
Tn. ''auld scots ~luggies'' mus, never 10
passad by. for they are n tradition rs an
ri,n, and honorable as the kale. Three
basins are To- be PLACED beforc the hearth.
ons - nlled with clear water. one with
mn idv water. one IL empty. A maid or
nan bIindfolded 4. lad 10 tho basins
a,J nuts a hand gropinaly into one IL
lie kngors touch clear water. the mate
Ill - ,s,,,,, ond handsome II the muddy
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