Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Halloween

(October 31st), according to Scotch superstition, is the time when witches, devils, fairies, and other imps of earth and air hold annual holiday. (See Halloween, a poem by Robert Burns.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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Halloo when out of the Wood
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