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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1977
Page
12
A Star Staff Writer explains Halloween origins tracing Celtic festival All Hallows Samhain to the Dead and Gods. It recounts the trick tradition from ghosts and fairies and the jack o lantern tale of a stingy soul and a burning coal lighting the way.
Berryville residents revisit the Betsy Murphy legend at Murphy Woods on Auburn Farm. The Star staff, Bugs and Mrs Smith with dogs Lady and Jim joined a cold rainy search, but no cataclysmic sightings occurred and locals vow the haunting endures.
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