How Is Halloween Celebrated In Scotland?

[macwilkin]

I grew up in a bit of a culturally unique area. Now ethnically cleansed, fortunately without violence.

Somewhere in my warehouse of books, aka the spare room, where I'll never find it for a year, I have a book entitled "Memories Of An Ulster Boyhood." In that the author talks about going around on Halloween (I think) and reciting an old verse at every door. I remember the gentleman remarking that the words of the verse probably predated Cromwell. When I've dug the book out, by next year, I'll post the verse- like many things of its day, it's clearly cryptic information, a mneumonic if you will.

Very similar to the custom of the Wren Boys on St. Stephen's Day...

T.

[Lallans]

Very similar to the custom of the Wren Boys on St. Stephen's Day...

T.

That could of course have been it; I confess I was half hoping someone who also had the book could either confirm what I said or set me straight. Now I will have to dig the thing out- always leads to suggestions revolving around the Clutter Wars show these days.

[Bugbear]

Well, good luck with digging through the pile, Canuck of NI, and post what you find, please.

I keep everything I have in plastic storage containers. It helps, but I, unfortunately, don't have enough shelves so finding anything requires unstacking boxes.

[Lallans]

Well, good luck with digging through the pile, Canuck of NI, and post what you find, please.

I keep everything I have in plastic storage containers. It helps, but I, unfortunately, don't have enough shelves so finding anything requires unstacking boxes.

Me, bankers boxes. I could build a sizable wall out of them. These are due to an unfortunate move from a place that had wall-to-wall bookshelves. And then...some would have it that I went mad. Bwahaha!

[Bugbear]

Me, bankers boxes. I could build a sizable wall out of them. These are due to an unfortunate move from a place that had wall-to-wall bookshelves. And then...some would have it that I went mad. Bwahaha!

Yes, there are walls in my tiny aluminum cottage made from plastic storage containers; it ads insulation. I was planning to move to Colorado back just before the economy tanked, in 2008 I think, then decided I better stay put: free and clear on my property. I had every thing packed up and It's still mostly that way. I even still keep part of my day-to-day clothes in suitcases because I got rid of the chest-of-drawers. It works because it's so organized, but it's also become the way I live...

[Bugbear]

Well, if anyone remembers... or cares... the bats have returned this year, and are patrolling my yard. I can hear their little sonar pings. I think they are roosting in my palm trees, getting ready for Halloween.

And looking at the last post, I also bought a couple sets of shelves over the weekend, and I have been reorganizing my little studio/workshop for an upcoming project; there wasn't enough room.

[Lallans]

Well, if anyone remembers... or cares... the bats have returned this year, and are patrolling my yard. I can hear their little sonar pings. I think they are roosting in my palm trees, getting ready for Halloween.

And looking at the last post, I also bought a couple sets of shelves over the weekend, and I have been reorganizing my little studio/workshop for an upcoming project; there wasn't enough room.

Somehow I don't see Halloween and palm trees going together. What you need for a good Halloween experience is a coldish dark and windy night with the maple trees half stripped of leaves, and with the fallen leaves swirling around in a noisy and scary manner suggestive of spooks and spirits. Throw in a dime store mask that induces a greater or lesser degree of tunnel vision and that is the real Canadian item anyway.

Of course nowadays, thanks to the ill considered change to daylight saving time that the US legislature made a few years back, it's still light out an hour later and the youngest kids are spared the trauma of going around in such an atmosphere.

[EHCAlum]

Somehow I don't see Halloween and palm trees going together. What you need for a good Halloween experience is a coldish dark and windy night with the maple trees half stripped of leaves, and with the fallen leaves swirling around in a noisy and scary manner suggestive of spooks and spirits. Throw in a dime store mask that induces a greater or lesser degree of tunnel vision and that is the real Canadian item anyway.

Of course nowadays, thanks to the ill considered change to daylight saving time that the US legislature made a few years back, it's still light out an hour later and the youngest kids are spared the trauma of going around in such an atmosphere.

Even worse is Christmas and palm trees. Daylight savings in the US for those states that use it isn't until Nov 7th. It'll be dark around 7ish.

[skauwt]

Even worse is Christmas and palm trees. Daylight savings in the US for those states that use it isn't until Nov 7th. It'll be dark around 7ish.

clocks change here on the 31st october a hour darker each night
its a bloody nightmare and can be really depressing when its dark at 4.39 pm i just wish the uk government would realise that farmers don't need that extra hour in the morning when there machinery has sat nav mapping

come december the earliest the sun sets will be 3.43 pm a whopping 6hrs and 57s mins of light( and that's the central belt its worse in the highlands) roll on the december equinox is what i say
ach well a extra hour at the halloween party though

[EHCAlum]

Reminds me of when I lived in the Pacific Northwest. It would get dark at 3 PM.