Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 47
Marlin, Texas, Saturday, November 2, 1907
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Meaning of Hallowe'en.
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       Hallowe'en, which comes on October 31, is the day preceding All Hallows, or All Saints Day.  It comes down from the past as the date of the festival incident to All Saints Day.
       In England it was long the custom to crack nuts, duck for apples in a tub of water and perform various other stunts in the nature of fireside revelries.  Anciently, the most essential ceremony seems to have been the lighted bonfire at nightfall in every household.
       In Scotland, the ceremonies took more of the form of a superstitious character, among rustics the form of a charm to discover who should be his or her partner for life.  Of these now almost exploded customs, the best summary is found in Burns' well known poem, "Hallowe'en."

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