Happy Halloween! Sending you creepy, joyful Halloween Greetings!
31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN – Day 23
Halloween was often a time for fortune telling and silly games. A 1929 Halloween party book outlined some games to play. This is one I had never heard of and was suggested for school: Each child is told to make a wish. She is then blindfolded and told to turn around several times. She must…
31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN – Day 22
According to Ruth Edna Kelley: The actions of cats on Hallowe’en betoken good or bad luck. If a cat sits quietly beside any one, he will enjoy a peaceful, prosperous life; if one rubs against him, it brings good luck, doubly good if one jumps into his lap. If a cat yawns near you…
31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN – Day 20
In 1919 Ruth Edna Kelley published The Book of Halloween. Here she describes a game of “snap-apple”: A variation of the Irish snap-apple is a hoop hung by strings from the ceiling, round which at intervals are placed bread, apples, cakes, peppers, candies, and candles. The strings are twisted, then let go, and as the…
31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN – Day 19
This appears to be the earliest recorded instance of trick-or-treating (as we know it) in North America: “The old time custom of keeping up Hallowe’en was not forgotten last night by the youngsters of the city,” reported the Kingston, Ontario Daily News in 1866. “They had their maskings and their marry-makings, and perambulated the streets after…