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31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN – Day 25

October 25, 2012

From Ruth Edna Kelley’s The Book of Halloween, a description of a Victorian Halloween: In 1874, at Balmoral, a royal celebration of Hallowe’en was recorded. Royalty, tenants, and servants bore torches through the grounds and round the estates. In front of the castle was a heap of stuff saved for the occasion. The torches were…