“ A simple reunion of friendsnow marks the occasion, at which variety of innocent exercises, including the telling of ghost-stories, "ducking" for apples, burning hazelnutsand prophesying fortunes generally fill up the pleasant hours of the evening. ”

“ The great Scottish festival of Halloween recurs this evening. It is one of the many occasions made immortal by the poet BURNS. In Scotland, and all over the world where there are Scotch families, the festival is still observed, although in a modified form from that in which it was original ly celebrated in the rural districts of the country which gave birth to the superstitions associated with the occasion. ”