... art peculiarly from its typographic adaptation. We tossing the Pancake, of which there is m that reminds us of Burns's Hallowe'en; the the Cliff overhanging the river Blackwater ; and ew of Lismore Castle, chiefly celebrated as the of the famous Robert ...

... typographic adaptation. We would instance Tossing the Pancake, of which there is a description that reminds us of Burns's Hallowe'en; the Castle on the Cliff overhanging the river Blackwater ; and another View of Lismore Castle, chiefly celebrated as the ...

... You are all as familiar with his writings as lam myself. His Tarn o' Shanter, his Cottar's Saturday Night, his Halloween, and many other pieces, you could easily supply from memory were his works any accident to be lost. lyrical composition ...

... and Deeds. Goldsmith of Padua. Interesting Peculiarities. A New Year's Night. The Old English Baron. Erroneous Opinions. Hallow-e'en. The Fair Foundling of Cambria. Horace Dulston, the Discarded. Birmingham : St. Augustine's Eve; or a Legend of Ancient ...

... is still thrown, the pod with nine peas hid over the door, and all the little ceremonies, so admirably depicted Burns his Hallowe'en, still practised. These, however, are now generally looked upon as a diversion, and few have faith in their efficacy, —for ...

... nostrils as to come exactly between the poor animal's eyes. It is believed that the mouse has been domesticated there since Hallowe'en, as the pig was three days, at that time, without taking meat, anil ever since unwell, and not thriving. The truth of this ...

... nostrils as to come exactly between tbe poor animal's eyes. It is believed tbat- the mouse has been domesti- cated there since Hallowe'en, as the pig was three days at that time without,, taking meat, and ever since unwell, and not thriving. The truth of this ...

... to kall-yarda green 1^ For stalks to try their fate unseen, Pr But more especially af Jean.t pr S Who burnt her nuts on Halloween. It Oh! what a crowd of visions rise. o, 0 Distinct and vivid to my eight, Imagination now supplies That crowning scone the ...

... —There are many old customs associated with this day, which, in addition to its ceremonies, to Scotland by Burns's poem of Halloween. . 2. All Souls' Day, in Commemoration ful Departed.— A very solemn festival of the Church, which has masses and ceremomes ...

... treated as a night of omens,—aod practices exist, fo ing its ies, having a resemblance to those of ou northern neighbours at Halloween. Many beantifal, and som ‘stitions belong to this night and the followin, morning. solemn, sv; is stated by Sir Walter Scott ...

... NV. He proposes that on the Ist of May (in German tales of diablerie the spring-assizes of Satan, as in those of Scotland Halloween is considered the autumnal) next year, a solemn festival should be held on the Blocksberg to commemorate the hundred years ...

... burning of a brace of hazel-nuts, —in the pulling of a few oaten stalks.—in the grounds of a tea-cup.— above all, in the Hallowe'en in which, in a different sense from that embodied in the allegory of Cowley. The curious eye Through the firm shell and ...