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Halloween  n.  The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day (November 1); also the entire day, October 31. It is often marked by parties or celebrations, and sometimes by pranks played by young people. (Scot.)
Synonyms: Hallowe'en, Allhallows Eve.





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"Halloween" Quotes from Famous Books



... and adorned with flowers, danced on the Blocksberg before the men, as described by Herbels in the tenth century.[139] In the central highlands of Scotland the Beltane fires were kindled on the 1st of May. Bonfires sometimes took place on Halloween (October 31st) and Christmas. But the great season all over Europe for these bonfires, then often held with erotic ceremonial, is the summer solstice, the 23d of June, the eve of Midsummer, or ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis
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... Just before Halloween the teacher had distributed pictures of a witch on a broomstick, with a cat at her side, riding toward the moon. Each child was called upon for an original poem on this picture. One boy of ...
— The New Education - A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) • Scott Nearing
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Words linked to "Halloween" :   Allhallows Eve


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