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Oct. 19th, 2007 09:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vivienDay- what is this now, 19? It's becoming a blur!
Today was candy buying. We buy in stages because we go through a lot of candy in my neighborhood. I always like to have the "good stuff" not only because I just feel it my duty (and delight) to all the little trick-or-treaters, but also to ward off... TRICKS!
Pranks and Mischief, from the Bannatyne book:
Come forth ye lass and trousered kid,
From prisoned mischief raise the lid,
And lift it good and high.
---from John Kendrick Bangs' 19th-century poem "Halloween"
"Goblins, imps, fairies, and trolls were thought to do a lot of mischief on Halloween in the British Isles. Halloween was the night the spirits were out; farmers bolted their doors and avoided walking alone late at night. For centuries, anonymous mischief was expected on October 31.
Americans had a long tradition of Halloween-related mischief-making to live up to. The most direct antecedent was the celebration of Guy Fawkes Day. Mischief Night preceded Guys Fawkes Day in England and bears a great resemblance to the Mischief Night that preceded American Halloween in many regions.
More on the trick part of Halloween tomorrow. More on Guy Fawkes Day here!
Today was candy buying. We buy in stages because we go through a lot of candy in my neighborhood. I always like to have the "good stuff" not only because I just feel it my duty (and delight) to all the little trick-or-treaters, but also to ward off... TRICKS!
Pranks and Mischief, from the Bannatyne book:
Come forth ye lass and trousered kid,
From prisoned mischief raise the lid,
And lift it good and high.
---from John Kendrick Bangs' 19th-century poem "Halloween"
"Goblins, imps, fairies, and trolls were thought to do a lot of mischief on Halloween in the British Isles. Halloween was the night the spirits were out; farmers bolted their doors and avoided walking alone late at night. For centuries, anonymous mischief was expected on October 31.
Americans had a long tradition of Halloween-related mischief-making to live up to. The most direct antecedent was the celebration of Guy Fawkes Day. Mischief Night preceded Guys Fawkes Day in England and bears a great resemblance to the Mischief Night that preceded American Halloween in many regions.
More on the trick part of Halloween tomorrow. More on Guy Fawkes Day here!