Together, the three celebrations -- All Saints 'Eve, All Saints' Day, and All Souls Day -- were called Hallowmas, and the night before came to be called All-hallows Evening, eventually shortened to "Halloween.". From Wordnik.com. [Kenneth C. Davis: Halloween: A Hidden History] Reference
And this night was Hallowmas night, the only night upon which either could be worked. From Wordnik.com. [In Celebration Of Lammas Night]
Tonight is Hallowmas, a recently created holiday to stretch the Halloween spirit that much longer. From Wordnik.com. [super-suzan Diary Entry] Reference
If you're desperate for a post Halloween holiday, what better than Hallowmas, the day after Hallowmas?. From Wordnik.com. [Because We Need More Holidays] Reference
It was called that because it preceded All Saints Day called “All Hallows,” or “All Hallowmas”. From Wordnik.com. [Lean Left » Blog Archive » Happy Halloween!] Reference
Hallowmas Night MERCEDES LACKEY The moon is on the wane tonight, and her light is fitful and hard to work by. From Wordnik.com. [In Celebration Of Lammas Night]
The act of dressing up and begging door to door actually extends as far back as the Middle Ages when the poor would go knocking on doors on Hallowmas (November 1st). From Wordnik.com. [Reyne Haines: Reyne Gauge: The History of Halloween] Reference
Both required they be cast this night of all nights; Hallowmas, the perilous, when Light magic and Dark are in equal balance, and either result is likely from any spell made-and most particularly when, as now, Hallowmas falls under a waning moon. From Wordnik.com. [In Celebration Of Lammas Night]
Hallowmas: -- was't not at Hallowmas, Master Froth?. From Wordnik.com. [Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]] Reference
Now one afternoon, between Hallowmas and Yule, it chanced that the. From Wordnik.com. [Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales] Reference
Hallowmas, is celebrated on November 1, and is a day for honoring saints and the recently departed. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Book of Riddles! why, did you not lend it to Alice Shortcake upon All-Hallowmas last, a fortnight afore Michaelmas?. From Wordnik.com. [Act I. Scene I. The Merry Wives of Windsor] Reference
And, I beseech you, look into Master Froth here, sir; a man of fourscore pound a year, whose father died at Hallowmas. From Wordnik.com. [Act II. Scene I. Measure for Measure] Reference
In Scotland, when the last corn was cut after Hallowmas, the female figure made out of it was sometimes called the Carlin or. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Bough : a study of magic and religion] Reference
And, I beseech you, look into Master Froth here, sir; a man of four-score pound a year; whose father died at Hallowmas: was't not at Hallowmas. From Wordnik.com. [Measure for Measure] Reference
In Scotland, when the last corn was cut after Hallowmas, the female figure made out of it was sometimes called the Carlin or Carline, that is, the Old Woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion] Reference
There is a drama to be played out, like a mystery play in three scenes, and it makes sense only if you observe all three days of Hallowmas-not only Halloween but All Saints 'and All Souls' days as well. From Wordnik.com. [The Wine Dark Sea] Reference
And, I beseech you, look into Master Froth here, sir; a man of four-score pound a year; whose father died at Hallowmas: was’t not at Hallowmas. From Wordnik.com. [Measure for Measure] Reference
Halloween has its roots in Samhaim, an ancient Celtic festival, and later in the Catholic Hallowmas period of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, and the Roman festival of Feralia. From Wordnik.com. [A real Halloween fright: Costume contracts] Reference
Hallowmas, of All-Saints. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
Hallowmas is come and gane. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham] Reference
Wast not at Hallowmas, Master Froth?. From Wordnik.com. [Act II. Scene I. Measure for Measure] Reference
Sent back like Hallowmas or short'st of day. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedy of King Richard II] Reference
Sent back like Hallowmas or shortst of day. From Wordnik.com. [Act V. Scene I. The Tragedy of King Richard the Second] Reference
Hallowmas, All Saints Day (1st of November). From Wordnik.com. [Glossary] Reference
576: died at Hallowmas: Was't not at Hallowmas Master. From Wordnik.com. [Measure For Measure (1623 First Folio Edition)] Reference
3) Also known as All Souls 'Day or Hallowmas, and this holiday was first celebrated between 609 A.D. and 610 A.D. (. From Wordnik.com. [Flames Rising Horror Webzine] Reference
As bleak-faced Hallowmas returns. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Burns How To Know Him] Reference
All-Hallowmas. ". From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Oct. 31: The yearly "Hallowmas". From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
"At even o 'Hallowmas no sleep I sought. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Hallowe'en] Reference
Sent back like Hallowmas or short’st of day. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Death of Richard the Second] Reference
Ah, Hallowmas; exactly what you’re there for . From Wordnik.com. [super-suzan Diary Entry] Reference
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