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LORD MAYOR'S DAY

... (Piers Plowvman.) The Lord of Misrule was the original figure now made familiar to us as Father Christmas.' hero of the new Hallowe'en Fe-stival, which was the origin of the modern carnival. The Lorl of Misrule. The King- of Wisdomn. 'Musicians. W'ith quaint ...

Published: Monday 04 November 1889
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1336 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

COURT AND FASHION

... Radnor's seat, near &, windon, to spend the honeymroon. BALLOWV'S'RN AT B-nLAreOA. CASTLE.-The old Se 'tit he Lstival.oi Hallowe'en, the observance of x vhich hasg gadnailly been falltn intio egleecin Scot- lacd, espedeily in the owland part of tbe Co ...

Published: Wednesday 05 November 1873
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1283 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

SPORTING

... half. Leader's ?? and The Badger; Ryan's Perseus and Sceptic; and Jewett's Kilereen galloped two miles. -Golding's Carnage, Hallowe'en, Skylark; Jarvis' Gannett, and Old Gold covered two miles. Jennings' The Mummer, Surbiton, Zest, Scene- shifter, Hermia ...

THE LATE EVELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY, ESQ

... appoint. ment of Sub-Tnspector Sparkey to be secretary to Captain Plunkett, R M. I5n'OiSTATION or Arprrxs. - PreparationsB for Hallowe'en are being made in many respects. Large quantities of apples are daily arriving from France and America, and three Jersey ...

Published: Wednesday 18 October 1882
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1578 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE ALLEGED FATAL DOMESTIC QUARREL IN LARNE

... prisoner out of the room, and per- mnitte1 him to go down to 'M1Cart's Hotel to put up his cart. On the way down prisoner ?? hallowe'en night I was coming from Belfast. In Ballynure I got a couple of glasses of whisky. I: arrived home about four o'clock. I ...

HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR NEWTOWNHAMILTON

... mot alloyed bv considerationys other than hose of thorough enjoyment, any iuore than .:ould have been the nut.-ournims oi Halloween or the plumn-pudding.fnistletoe fa;mily.party fes- ti';ities of Christmas-tide. THON'S OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. ,V have received ...

SPORTING

... a half; Ireland, Sorrento, Isobar, Neapolis, Zoophyte, Hatfield, Tyrone, and Woodland; Jar. vis' Old Gold, and Golding's Hallowe'en, King's County, and Skylark filly covered a mile and a. quarter. THEn CUiAGH, 31ONDAY.-A lovely morning. Mr. Linde sent ...

SPORTING

... Chamberlain went sir furlongs. On. the race side. Golding's Redcap and Carnage went two miles antd a half. Eccentricity, Hallowe'en, CannoAi's Lord Mlolynoo, Tourist, and Muscovite, and ?? Calloden and Countess went two miles. Cannon's Bikova, Lesbia. ...

SPORTING

... all the way. and won easily by six1 lengths; the same distance divided the second and third ; Red Feather was fourth, and Hallowe'en last. TUJgZEn B1UPG9S STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP Of 50O sove. Two miles. i Mr. Kennedy's Halmni, 11 (Downes) ?? Mr. De Laski's ...

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... It was re- solved. on the motion of Mr. Savage, seconded by Mr. Rogers, that the inmates be allowel the usual treat at Hallowe'en. The assistant clerk read a letter from the Local Government Board stating that they had given directions for the issue ...

LETTER FROM MR. BALFOUR

... than cattle, sad as might be expected a pretty large trade was dons in those departmentrt It was also the market preceding Halloween, and a large quantity of geese, turkeys, and other poultry were disposed of. S SoL DI~rs' HoAm OiN BELASN -MEgBTfl G 11 LxsnrISe ...

Published: Saturday 27 October 1888
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1716 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

SUMMER ASSIZES—1857

... During the latter end of 1851 and in 1856, the prisoner re- sided with the prosecutrix, who was seized one morn- ing, about Halloween, with vomiting, purging, cold perspiration, anil a flowofwater from the month. She had baeakfasted with the prisoner. She ...