European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Iving today Happy halloween marshmallows Are America s tradition by Sharon Mucins pc Cial to Stripe s ii lid Myhl Light i isl ing ill Siino on i he in kind i lie Moon i Mil vet use a stars Iii Weili Leim Iheke. And a in la Lille is lilting Vii if Hoovle a around our old Lone-1 tillage. We we Ren l e Eilain what to i pet t that All i i be in our re-mole1 Par of the la Olthai else oldish i Highlands. Sine e we Somi Lime s Well for Days without be i ing Ano Lii i human being my husband and i were unsure in or Nohe Wise would appear Al Mil i in. Billing in from of out of nepali with Mil Ginge and i lips Olte a we began to Wonc i what \ mils of in ils might a be out on that dark Anil Tiutin Nubi i he eve ii irn Vole on Pun Tii Atnel a nov by the Lii King no i he i link on Lii n,.intli of the Stilec Heel on ii i Ganel Wint Luck Losle up ill i e".-. As a he i Nock on the Dool a\.l. It Mere la i in ind or e we . .inin1 we Len t then k Knof is. was e. Ear. Ale m to the Sund and i be lived thedoor. M. In and i try Ito de e id v like h e ,1 v. I i i we no de to open la of t. in 1 i Lini Inlo the Sirju Vav Ivy a. Ill lit apparel lev Llantin m ill an i ii i Ouziel when our Inland i Isteel to the darkness however we in Ali de that ill wavering lights Wim e Only i Anele a to smile 5v\o Hui e. To i be Doul turnips. Eat h held by a Vei v Hild a Small to v and an even Smalli c Gill they we in total is lingers to us. We Hae no idea where Thev tame from nor How far they had walked alone1, is it h Only i he1 Candle s for Light to re in h our cottage on the High windswept Hill. I held out my hand full of Candy. 1he-y stood and stared Al us. I Lappy i i shouted Over the1 Rush of the wind. They con linux d to stare finally the boy gathered up enough t courage to at i ept my offer ing and the Little Gill Folio a d suit. Then without Ever having said a word they disappeared into the darkness Anil to our know ledge we never saw them again no one else tame to our door that night. The moors of Scolland Are no place e to he walking late on All hallows five. Halloween is one of those Pagan festivals thai Evelve a into a Christian in the ear a per Iod of the Catholic chinch,.ind Ihal in mine modern limes has bet Orne Juile Sec Ulai i de in the1 i milled Stal v la .,11 he Nan As Lar a we k Nvvf w lib be c Ellit ill end of.11 was the night on Vahie 11 the spirits of their am e from the dead and wait e d again on i All h ii , of everal . I j i Nimg on w Lii h Druid v e i i his Al of the time1 Ove a hell i he Al summer relink i wished her i in the god of Winter and a e Ombina lion halve so and ii a pious festival was he id to observe the1 a veil. T Aige til e s we re1 lighted to Honor the1 Sun god Tor die have Cal. These fire s also contains in the Bones Olit lose relatives the Bones remaining alter their initial i relation follow Van Tje ath Anil it s from ibis druidic custom Hal we derive our word Bonfire Bone fire1. Tor Many members of Christian c Hun ies today of i. 31 is i halloween also known As All i la Iloween or All i the eve or Vigil before1 All saints also c Alli d Allhallows tide i Lallo mass or All souls on nov. 1. In some parts of the world ibis religious Holiday is observed on nov. 2. Al Thounh All saints is more1 important on the1 religious c Calendar i halloween is still observed in in kind Scotland and Many parts of i England in those very place s Vehe ie1 the1 celtic druids started the whole thing. And in the United slates it is Ofle a i Ople of i English Irish disc Pottish Ane Estry who c Arry on the traditions associated Wilh i Lallow e in. All saints the religious c e i lulling ill i isl Ian saints has at tally been expanded to All souls in wlm h the Liv in1. Pay the to res pee is to the souls of in seve Rali oui Itrie Sof i i aim Amer be a tamil i spent tlie1 at the grave sales of their relatives dec Cialini the tombs with Llo Vve is and food Ollie Ings. In 1 aim i Zunli 11 i i.dlvthe1 occasion is a Luppov one a to him the ii no Lielie Velha the v. An to lie re in Ernie red i Lallow i ill and on All soul da., some , Hare c on Umed Only at Spee time of e .11. Seve ral of surrounding them Refle e t inc in Pagan use As Olle rings to die dead my is it Symbol Soi pre die tors of the future. Those British who t continue to observe the old customs set out glasses of wine and soul e ikes Rich. Round spic y yeast buns for the spin ils. To supposedly haunt the oct. J1. The scots hollow out Large turnips or rutabagas Cut holes in them resembling faces and so t Candle s inside ostensibly to frighten off evil Spir ils. And in some urls of Ireland people hang c cabbages turnips or bread on their doors in Hope of satisfying the hunger of any spirits that might approach the houses. There Are spec foods for the earthly hunger of the living too. Dilie Iem t counties of Ireland have their a additional i Mallowee a c Akes pane ikes and breads inc killing harm Braik a yeast cake i on Laining raisins c Urr arils an. I e milled be i l. A Small ung is baked in the Barm Brack dough in the belief that Wii eve i gets the pie i of e at i v. Lib the1 ring will be1 mar lied within the \ i a. Ane la in a halloween ii food Llu ii in Tiv is la in blur e j s o or. ind Geuike Al m.l-. I Geller v. Illi a Lille hoi i with Salt Pever and i lied Liu Ilei. A ring a e Bulton to e live d into the i i tit Simon .1 Hopp d looked Kolc milk beaten is Iee will a a thimble and a t old Annon helore1 id v be i veg. Vav Horvei Lin ifs tin1 ring will be married soon and the tinder of the com will become wealthy but the people whose Servings of t of Annon inc Lude the thimble or the Bulton Are doomed to lie a spinster or i Bachi Lor. Similarly the scottish to nth an elaborate Topi i Nuj Ine october 31, 1985
