Obviously this lady is not witch, but she does have a bewitching smile–got a shot of her at Winter Springs Art Festival and promised I’d feature her on Tues….Worked yesterday, went to the post office to mail more items: Have you checked my store yet? https://www.etsy.com/shop/DragonLaire?ref=hdr_shop_menu that’s about it except some grocery shopping on way home and fixed a nice dinner…boring. Honorable Mention—and I just listed them on Trip Advisor–takes a few days for them to review and post review—HOURGLASS BREWERY http://thehourglassbrewery.com/…. Still nothing from anyone out there as to what they’re doing for Halloween.
At first cock-crow the ghosts must go Back to their quiet graves below. ~ Theodosia Garrison
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From ghoulies & ghosties & long-leggedy beasties & things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!
~Scottish Saying
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TODAY I THOUGHT I’D LOOK AT HALLOWEEN ODDS AND ENDS:
Halloween during WWII wasn’t so much fun–letting air out of tires was sabotage. Soaping windows was wasting needed resources. Many towns cancelled Halloween altogether, but others used the Holiday to boost public morale but with rationing and the shortage of supplies the candy offerings and costume choices must have been very limited. If we rationed items today it might seriously curtailed our further war efforts—we are not a country that sacrifices much any more.
This inhuman place makes human monsters.
~ Stephen King, The Shining
Goblins in France are wandering Sprites who attach themselves to households doing good and bad. They are called brownies in England & Scotland, kobalds in Germany, domoviks in Russia and are part of many other countries’ mythologies. Most recently they are part of the Halloween legends when it is said they roam the night when the veil between worlds are thinnest.
So what, ghosts can’t hurt you. That’s what I thought then.
~ Stephen King, Bag of Bones
The commercial birth of Halloween began in the early 1980s and by 1990s it was second only to Christmas for home decoration. Vampires became a major part of this display from Elvira on TV to Bella Lugosi images and all things in between including a party set with Garfield as a vampire. Halloween cards ranked 8th with 35 million sold in 1992 alone.
When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, May luck be yours on Halloween. Author Unknown
In Cornwall it was Hallowtide or Allantide till the end of the 19th century where it was traditional to give family members a very large apple (Allan Apple), as a luck bringer with the receiver (and consumer) having luck the whole next year. Remember that this time period for the Celts was originally their new years….the custom is no longer practiced and in some areas is said to be all but forgotten.
I also have always liked the monster within idea. I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters.
~ George A. Romero
Jack-o-Lanterns weren’t originally pumpkins they were the phosphorescent lights that floated over swamps and marshes and were believed to be lost souls or in some cases death omens. Other names include will-o’-the-wisp and corpse light in England or fairy light and fox fire in Ireland. They were believed to have been denied entry to both heaven and hell and forced to drift through the night. Swedes thought them to be the souls of unbaptized children, while some American Indians believed them to be demons. By the time you get to the US they have been tied to witches and were once carried by trick-or-treaters to frighten away evil spirits.
It’s said that All Hallows’ Eve is one of the nights when the veil between the worlds is thin – and whether you believe in such things or not, those roaming spirits probably believe in you, or at least acknowledge your existence, considering that it used to be their own. Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright. Erin Morgenstern
Costumes have been around forever and some were definitely to scare away the scary things that might “GET US”. More recently it’s felt: “wearing a mask allows us to experience another aspect of our identity without shaking the true identity that we normally use.” (Dr Steven Alter, PhD, Adelphi University Professor). to be or not I guess.
Gaelic: Souls rise from Purgatory for 48 hrs. on All-Hallows and are free to roam.
Welsh: Wind blows from the feet of the dead and into houses where death will come within the year
Scottish Highlands: If you set at a crossroads on a 3-legged stool, as the church bells ring twelve on Halloween you will hear the names of the doomed (for the next year)
England: For fertile fields circle the fields with a lighted torch on Halloween.
Strathspey, England: Sheep are (or were?) forced to go through a hoop of rowen to protect against Witches and fairies.
Ireland: Never check out who’s following you on Halloween for if it’s the dead and your gazes meet you will die–course if its a zombie you’re probably a lost cause anyway.
England if you see your shadow in the moon light on Halloween you’ll be haunting the cemetery soon and skip hunting on the big day or risk the chance of becoming a wandering spirit.
America/rural: The Halloween born child will be forever protected from evil spirits as well as fairies and will possess second sight.
“Through the symbols of Samhain—the bonfire, the mask, the scarecrow, and the beloved dead—and through symbols of early Christian superstition–the black cat, the vampire, the werewolf, the Witch burnings—-we find the interesting kink of a holiday birthed from one religion and perverted by another.” Silver Ravenwolf.
HALLOWEEN/Silver Ravenwood
SUPERSTITIONS (Encyclopedia)/Ed. Christina Hole
VAMPIRE BOOK (encyclopedia)/J.Gordon Melton
VAMPIRES/Joules Taylor
VAMPRIES (Field Guide)/Dr Bob Curran
WITCHES & WITCHCRAFT (Encyclopedia)/Rosemary Ellen Guiley
