Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-28

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superstltious practices, the remains
OF Druldism. are almost as popular
| To-Day among certain classes as thew
| were among the Irish maidens in the
long ago.
| here, however, there is more iolitv
and less of superstition. In MANY 10
cailt.es. especially throughout the
small towns of the middle west. the
youth OF both sexes sally forth bent
On mischief. Unearthly serenades are
| neard, the jack-o-l lanterns fiery Wis.
| age grins from the darkness. and
pranks and practical jokes of all
Kinds are INDUCED in. Woe tn
the man whose hencoop or gate is in
securely fastened They will be miss
ing IN the morning, and will he found
TO nave wandered far. The vouno
men and maidens, howver. gathered
N a merry company while away the
long evening with provoking exneri.
inents, and the more superstitious
Ialr ones with fond hopes make trial
OF tnelr fate alone at the midnight
nour. One of the tests most in voo,,e
at Halloween parties is tn mare On
applet must be pippin, by the
way-tnen hold the pairing by one
enu, swing 1T over the shoulder and
let 1t drop. Any well-regulated annie
pairing will form itself as if falls into
the shape of the initial of his name
u'ners man not see the initial. but
'ne girl will be able to recognize #
at once Then Of course bobbing for
appies is an hilarious diversion and
snouio the would-De capturers of
the elusive fruit be unsuccessful for
the third time bachelor or sinister.
nooo IS assured. However. success
usually means a great wetness. and
some are content to vary this desper.
ate ducklng contest. Those not 60
strenuously inclined may vary tbis
diversion by leaning over the back Of
cnalr with fork in the mouth and
| trlng to spear apples as thew aoat
ABOUT In the tub. On the same princi.
PIE is the doughnut or apple pendu.
ium, which must be caught in three
trials. The result Of the trials at blow.
Ing out the candle while blindfolded
Is also significant.
VI course nuts are always in de.
mand. The person testing fate and
fortune names three nuts, which are
placed before the open fire. If the mt
Jumps off, that lover is unfaitbful. IL
the nut blazes or burns, SO does his
ioVe; II the nut named after the sirI
and her lover burns until consnmad
the wedding gown may as well be Or
dered at once. This may be variad
Dy having the company sit around the
IRE and each name a nut. When the
nut explodes it will fly toward Tho fut.
ure husband or wife of the nerson
VINO named it.. The old fashion of
naming the apples and counting the
seeds first came into common nrac.
lice at Halloween parties. The guests
name each others apples with the
name OF a person of the opposite sex.
and when the seeds are taken out. the
owner OF the apple counts them with
the rhyme: Zone, love; two, I love.
tnree, | love, they say; four, I love
with all my heart; five, cast away.
SIX, ne loves; seven, she loves: eight
they both love; nine, he comes. fen
ne tarries; eleven, he courts: twelve.
ne marrles. To make this come true
the seeds must be eaten regardless of
appendicitis.
Our grandmothers used to say that
II they went into a dark room on Hal
ioWeen and, letting fall their hair
about their shoulders, brushed it
while standing before a mirror re-
peating the Lords prayer backward.
they would see their future husbands
face. For those who scorn all forms
of the mirror test there is another
choice. A four-leaved clover pinned
on the door on Halloween is sure to
make the first man who enters by
that door the following day the hus-
band of the girl who pinned it there.
Then there is the rose test. Go to
your room with two roses having long
stems. Name one for yourself and one
for him. Irvine together the stems
of the two roses and repeat, gazing
intently on his rose:
Irvine, Irvine and intertwine.
Let my love be wholly mine.
If his heart be kind and true,
Deeper grow his roses hue.
If he be faithful the color of his rose
will grow darker and more intense
The old-fashioned pillow-case party
with the settings and adjuncts of the
more modern ghost or skele-
/ ton party is good fan. The lights can
be turned up after while and the
regulation FRANKS fhdulged in. Re
freshments should include ring
cake A variation of the ring trial is
to fill porridge bowl full of -four,
putting in it ring,sa nutmeg and a
10-cent piece, turn it out on a plate
and if packed firmly it will make a
neat -four cake. Each person must
then cut a piece with a knife, the
lucky one, in whose slice the ring
falls must take it out with his or her