The Book of Hallowe'enLothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1919 - 195 páginas THIS book is intended to give the reader an account of the origin and history of Hallowe'en, how it absorbed some customs belonging to other days in the year,--such as May Day, Midsummer, and Christmas. The context is illustrated by selections from ancient and modern poetry and prose, related to Hallowe'en ideas. |
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... Dance ( Valpurgisnacht ) Fortune - Telling Hallowe'en Tables , I Hallowe'en Tables , II No Hallowe'en without a Jack - o ' - Lantern Frontispiece FACING PAGE • 34 • 100 138 148 € 156 · 158 178 The Book of Hallowe'en CHAPTER I SUN ...
... Dance ( Valpurgisnacht ) Fortune - Telling Hallowe'en Tables , I Hallowe'en Tables , II No Hallowe'en without a Jack - o ' - Lantern Frontispiece FACING PAGE • 34 • 100 138 148 € 156 · 158 178 The Book of Hallowe'en CHAPTER I SUN ...
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... spring . A Japanese legend tells how the hidden sun was lured out by an image made of a copper plate with saplings radiating from it like sunbeams , and a fire kindled , dancing , and prayers ; and 2 THE BOOK OF HALLOWE'EN.
... spring . A Japanese legend tells how the hidden sun was lured out by an image made of a copper plate with saplings radiating from it like sunbeams , and a fire kindled , dancing , and prayers ; and 2 THE BOOK OF HALLOWE'EN.
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Ruth Edna Kelley. a fire kindled , dancing , and prayers ; and round the earth in North America the Chero- kees believed ... dance about them from east to west as the sun ap- honchrisnan pears to move . The pagan Hallowe'en at the end of ...
Ruth Edna Kelley. a fire kindled , dancing , and prayers ; and round the earth in North America the Chero- kees believed ... dance about them from east to west as the sun ap- honchrisnan pears to move . The pagan Hallowe'en at the end of ...
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... , was marked by midnight fires of joy and by dances . These were believed to strengthen the sun's heat . A blazing wheel to represent the sun was rolled down hill . " A happy thought . Give me this cart - THE CELTS 13.
... , was marked by midnight fires of joy and by dances . These were believed to strengthen the sun's heat . A blazing wheel to represent the sun was rolled down hill . " A happy thought . Give me this cart - THE CELTS 13.
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... as he stopped XX near the fort to watch the dancing , for the revels were held in secret , as those of the Druids had been , and no one could look on them unaffected . A story is told of Paddy More , a great HALLOWE'EN IN IRELAND 45.
... as he stopped XX near the fort to watch the dancing , for the revels were held in secret , as those of the Druids had been , and no one could look on them unaffected . A story is told of Paddy More , a great HALLOWE'EN IN IRELAND 45.
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