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Halloweʹen (October 31st)

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according to Scotch superstition, is the time when witches, devils, fairies, and other imps of earth and air hold annual holiday. (See Halloweʹen, a poem by Robert Burns.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Halifax Law
Hall Mark
Hall Sunday
Hall of Odin
Hallam’s Greek
Hallel
Hallelujah
Hallelujah Lass (A)
Hallelujah Victory
Halloo when out of the Wood
Halloween (October 31st)
Halter
Halter, or rather Halster
Haltios
Ham and Heyd
Hamadryads
Hameh
Hamet
Hamilton
Hamiltonian System
Hamlet

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Hallowe'en