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j The iky wa* formerly known hi olden j EngrlUb timcyi AS Al) Hallows, or Hallo w-| iuusy and Thursday night waa Halloween, / when, as Robert Burns says, the| “ Merry, friendfy, counira folks| Together did convene,| To hum their nits, an1 pouthMr stocky, An* hand their Hallowe'enFu1 blyihe tliat oiiilit/'Many of the old ir^vlLlions connectedwith rids eventful night still cling to It,and the houses wherein tbtic were duck* mg for apples, burning of oiland certain peculiar divinations and charms practiced, were by no means few.In Sedalhi services wvre held In accordance with the usual custom, being largely attended, ami marked by unusual interest. To-day is All Sou IS Day, first iostl-tntod A. D. !!)3, by St. udilin, Abbot of Clwtjny. The observance of All Souls' D.«y is said Vj be of such importance in the Catholic Church that when the feast lumpens to fall upou Sunday Ifc is not postponed until Monday, as la* the case of other chnrch festivals, but j« celebrated Oft tke preceding Saturday.
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Sedalia Daily Democrat
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Sat, Nov 02, 1878
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