Archive for February, 2007
The roots of the holiday are as such: Shortened in name from All-Hallow-Even, taking place on the evening of or before ‘All Hallows’ Day’, or ‘All Saints Day’, this prior Pagan holiday was a day of festivities in Northern Europe. Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV were responsible for allocating the Christian Feast of ‘All Saints Day’ from the dates of May 13 to November 1. The move was initiated in order to supplant the original Pagan feast with a Christian Feast Day. Because of the measuring of sunset to sunset, according to the Florentine Calendar, the days of ‘All Hallows’ and ‘All Saints’ were now the same day.
The Irish tradition of ‘All Hallows’ Eve’ is still respected and followed, and the terminology remains the same. Festivals that occur are referred to as ‘Samhain’ or ‘Oiche Shamhna’, to the Irish, ‘Samhuin’ to the Scottish/Gaelic, ‘Calan Gaeaf’ to the Welsh, ‘Allantide’ to the Cornish and ‘Hop-tu-Naa’ to the Manx. Some parts of Ireland also refer to Halloween as ‘pooky night’, using the mischievous spirit, ‘puca’ as a basis for the folklore.
Magic is considered most potent during Halloween, and it’s considered a liminal time of the year. Irish tales of the ‘Sidhe’ abound as well as tall tales throughout other cultures, and ‘witch lore’, tails of witches and hobgoblins abound throughout the world.
FLOUR TEST
For halloween a bowl is filled tightly with flour. During the process of filling, a
wedding ring is inserted vertically in some part of it. The bowl, when
full, is inverted upon a dish and withdrawn, leaving the mound of
flour on the dish. Each guest cuts off with a knife a thin slice which
crumbles into dust. The guest who cuts off the slice containing the
ring will be married first.
HALLOWEEN LOVER’S TEST
A maid and youth each places a chestnut to roast on fire, side by
side. If one hisses and steams, it indicates a fretful temper in owner
of chestnut; if both chestnuts equally misbehave it augurs strife. If
one or both pop away, it means separation; but if both burn to ashes
tranquilly side by side, a long life of undisturbed happiness will be the
lot of owners.
These portentous omens are fitly defined in the following lines:
“These glowing nuts are emblems true
Of what in human life we view;
The ill-matched couple fret and fume,
And thus in strife themselves consume;
Or from each other wildly start,
And with a noise forever part.
But see the happy, happy pair,
Of genuine love and truth sincere;
With mutual fondness while they burn,
Still to each other kindly turn;
And as the vital sparks decay,
Together gently sink away;
Till life’s fierce trials being past,
Their mingled ashes rest at last.”
PERPLEXING HALLOWEEN PARTY HUNT
In this game the seeker for a prize is guided from place to place by
doggerels as the following, and is started on his hunt with this
rhyme:
“Perhaps you’ll find it in the air;
If not, look underneath your chair.”
Beneath his chair he finds the following:
“No, you will not find it here;
Search the clock and have no fear.”
Under the clock he finds:
“You will have to try once more;
Look behind the parlor door.”
Tied to the door-knob he discovers:
“If it’s not out in the stable
Seek beneath the kitchen table.”
Under the kitchen table he finds another
note, which reads:
“If your quest remains uncertain,
You will find it ‘neath a curtain.”
And here his halloween quest is rewarded by finding the prize.
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Bridegroom-To-Be OATH OF SECRECY
In the Contract below, you must keep to all the procedures in a strict manner. When the document refers to the Bridegroom, he will be the one who is about to be incarcerated for the next 50 years with the same woman! The gentlemen consisting of the Stag night are described as Stag party members and are the ones who should make the Bridegroom’s party a success by following the rules below! Please take the following document as serious (seriously funny) as possible for it to provide hours of fun.
I _____________________ solemnly swear that on the weekend of ______________, 2007in celebration of ___________________’s Stag night; I will abide by the following rules and regulations:
1) I will not, in any way, take pictures with people of the opposite sex, those who look female and may have had a sex change or any animals while the Stag night is in progress. Failure to follow this rule will automatically make me exiled from the party.
2) I will act like I am five years of age and promote immature behaviour for the length of the party, including loud, obnoxious outbursts are welcome during the celebrations with at least one type of alcoholic drink purchased by the Stag party members for group or Bridegroom consumption.
3) I will consume alcoholic drinks and promote drunkenly misconduct in the safest and most appropriate fashion. If I am a sober driver, I am excused from drinking but must still provide animalistic behaviour.
4) I will back up my fellow-Stag party members and always provide showman ship, even if it means hanging with an ugly fat bearded lady for a few hours!
5) A Stag party members who has too much alcohol or has poor taste and is speaking with fat woemn for more than 1 minute must be escorted back to the group of Stag party members for protection and to save himself from further embarrassment .
6) I must embarrass the Bridegroom at least one time every hour. Embarrassment can only take the form of attracting attention toward he who is getting married, and includes but is not limited to, finding women to help taking photographs with the Bridegroom, making the Bridegroom sing to women, dressing the Bridegroom up in silly clothes like prison attireand hand-cuffing the Bridegroom to an inflatable woman.
7) In case of the emergency of a Stag party members needing to it is vital I ensure one Stag party members goes with the other Stag party members In Need.
8) It is my responsibility to commute to a more exciting atmosphere when group energy is falling. I must interact with other Stag party members to form a plan to relocate to a more exciting environment.
9) I will not think of work-related matters. If work does enter my mind, I will lose party status and be seen as an outcast by the Stag party members.
10) Before signing the document below, I will say out loud, “What happens at the Stag night STAYS at the Stag night!”
(Signature of Bridegroom Brother)_______________________________________ Date_________________
(Signature of Best Man) ____________________________________________ Date__________________
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