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... years. On the eve St. John (says Mrs. Graham) the maidens of Brazil praclire same of the same i ites those Scotland dual Hallowe’en, ascertain the fate of their loves. They burn mils together; they pul their hands, blindfold, table, « illl the of tlie ...

Published: Saturday 13 November 1824
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 2408 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BURIAL BEFORE DEATH

... the eve of St. John (says Mrs. Graham) the maidens of Brazil practice some of the same rites as ‘those of Scotland ¢ro, at Hallowe’en, to ascertain the fate of their loves. They burn nuts toiether; they put their hands, blindfold, on a table, with the letters ...

Published: Wednesday 17 November 1824
Newspaper: Belfast Commercial Chronicle
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1438 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NORTH-WEST EXPEDITION

... On tbe eve of St. John’s (says Mr. Graham) the maidens of Brazil practise some of tbe tame rites as those of Scotland at Hallowe’en, to ascertain the fate of tbeir loves. They burn nuts together; they put their hands blindfold, on a table, with the letters ...

Published: Thursday 18 November 1824
Newspaper: Westmeath Journal
County: Westmeath, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2606 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BLACKWOOD & CONSTABLE

... BLACKWOOD & CONSTABLE. At Halloween, which is now approaching anon, it once was customary, and is still occasionally practised, to burn nuts, with the view of ascertaining the force and bearing of certain likings or antipathies, which were supposed to ...

Published: Thursday 15 September 1825
Newspaper: Fife Herald
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2996 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE NORTHERN COTTAGE, AND OTHER IRISH POEMS

... describe rural life in the north of Ireland, something in the shape of a mixture of Burns's Cottager's Saturday Night and Hallowe'en, but destitute the domestic tenderness of the one, and the vivid and superstitious playfulness the other. After passing ...

Published: Tuesday 01 November 1825
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3192 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

ESTIMATES WANTED,

... be held as under: J. St Kessacs 3d Wednesday of March. 2. Belltain 2d Wednesday of May. 3. St Sars Wednesday of July. 4. Halloween last Wednesday of October. 5. Cloagmarket Ist Wednesday December. Comrie, sth January, 1826. ...

Published: Thursday 09 February 1826
Newspaper: Perthshire Courier
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 156 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CinCUlT _COURT OF JUSTICIARY . _GLASGOW , April 27 _. Thomas _M'Kenna _and _Dennis Murphy _stood _indicted for ..

... and on the _part of the pannel _. It appeared tliat Crawt ' ord , llie person _wounded , had gone into Park _' s garden on Halloween night , trt _Itllll ti frrppn Iriill B _+ _nrL- _-Iitut _ou _ha _win i _.. _frrt _^ _vtl M _*» Vr _\» that purpose _, _the ...

Published: Wednesday 03 May 1826
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2071 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LORD COCHKANE,

... CHRONICLE. ne«s, working by large organ placed on the back of the head between natural vanity.” tHR THREE DAMSELS.—A TALE OF HALLOWE’EN, By David Lyndsay, Esq. Author of Dramas in the Ancient World.* (Frvm Forget Me Not.) It was on this very eve, many years ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1826
Newspaper: Belfast Commercial Chronicle
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 3932 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... 7hitehaveen paper. pi TuRNns's.-A friend of ours received a curious pre-e sent on Saturday last-two giant turnips to -make h, Halloween lanterns to her boys. One of them weighs v 19)' lbs. and their united weight is little short of two si stones anl a half ...

Published: Monday 06 November 1826
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3083 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

Review of Literature

... not weani to preclude ourselves g from making furtherqssotations when we mayhaveroom:- rt TViE THRtEE DASMSELS, A TALR or, HALLOWEEN, IT Come hither, my beautiful Jean, and my fairy Lilias, siid ft tbe venerable Coiiteassof loray to her laub inrts g y ...

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... touch- ing picture of Tur Gamesrer,” by Ars. Cornwell Baron Wilson ; avid the characteristic tale of “Tue Turer a tale of Halloween, by David , Esq. a8 specimens of the work—to which we shall return agaio and again, to cull poetical flowers of richest fragrance ...

Published: Tuesday 07 November 1826
Newspaper: Chester Courant
County: Cheshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4571 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

the three, damsel*

... fol Jean, and my fairy Lilias,” said the v Cc ouutess vf Moray to her laughiog, happy come hither, my ihiren, and § your Halloween with me. ft is true 1 have not prepared the charms of the mght, nor am I ready to join you iu the incantatious of the seasun ...

Published: Tuesday 07 November 1826
Newspaper: Chester Courant
County: Cheshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 383 | Page: 4 | Tags: none