Evening journal., 1913-10-31
REVELERS TO
HOLD SWAY ON
THE STREETS
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matrimony. Perhaps from this last
custom originated our modern custom
of placing the wishbone OF a goose OF
other fowl above the door, where the
fortunate one passes under it to meet
his or her destiny.
Another charm was burning nuts.
Each nut was named for a lad or a
lass, and all were laid in the fire on
the hearth. AS they roasted quietly
together or started from beside one
another. SO the course and issue of
the oourtship would be.
II must be confessed, however, that
in these days OF stoves, heaters and
steam radiators II would be difficult
TO bring this charm into general use.
The trail OF the clue or skein of
yarn consisted in stealing out alone
to a deserted kiln where lime had
been burned, and throwing into II a
skein OF blue yarn-why the particu-
lar color should be blue tradition does
not tell us-holdlng one end in the
hand. Then wind a new skein off the
old one.
! Toward the latter end something
would hold the thread the one trying
the charm would demand: who
holds?" An answer would be returned
from the kiln, giving the name OF the
future husband or wife.
Let the young woman who wishes
to know her fate try the spell OF
sowing the hemp seed. This is also
an old Scotch charm. She should &c
out alone 10 a deserted house of any
kind and walk around IT, sowing a
handful OF the Seeds OF course, this
should be done at midnight
Repeat at intervals, "Hemp seed.
SOW thee, my true love come after
and pull thee" Look over the left
shoulder and she Will see the person
invoked.
Similar to this was the Halloween
charm OF winnowing grain A man
or a woman would go to a barn alone
near the witching hour and open both
doors II was important that they
should be taken of the hinges, If pos
sible, for there was always danger
that the being about to appear would
close them and do some injury to the
experimenter.
He or she then went through the
process of winnowing grain against
the wind. II was repeated three times.
and at the third time an apparition
would pass through the barn, enter
ing at the windward door.
Approved by Antiquity.
A well known Halloween charm
which has come down to us from the
land of Wallace and Bruce, and which
is sometimes tried by the young peo-
pie of our time, is for a person of
either sex to 60 to a stream Of run
ming water late at night and dip the
shirt sleeve in it.
Upon retiring the person doing the
Laundering hangs the shirt before the
fire 10 dry, being sure TO remain
awake after going to bed At mid
night the exact figure Of the f,itur,
wife or husband will appear and turl
A the sleeve as n to dry It.
: A Halloween charm for ascertain
o ing ones future coniugal fate. an
g one that has the seal Of antiquit
q placed upon u. is that OF the dishes {
Il water Take three dishes. one file
e with clean one with dirty water an
} let the third be empty Blindfold tn
candidate and let him dip his lei
, hand into a dish.
: If IL be in the clean water he will
marry a maid; If In the dirty waite
! a widow will be his conjugal partner
hut If he places his hand in th
empty dish he is fated to remain
bachelor. or course, the same rule
with the sexes reversed, applies (,
members of the fair sex.
Trying to catch apples IN tub o
water with the teeth, the har Is beinl
tied behind the back: melting lea,
and pouring il into a basin Of water
the object formed by the coiling de
noting the occupation of the futur,
helpmate and-this is said TO be in
tended particularly for a woman
the charm Of the looking glass an,
candle.
She must go down the cellar back
wards at midnight, holding a looking
glass and candle in front Of her: OF
at the same witching hour she is I,
stand before a looking-glass in a
lonely house. In either case the fac,
and form Of her future life compan
ion will appear before her in tn,
| glass.