The Marietta Register, October 31, 1884
Saturday, November 1st, is All Saints' Day. The evening preceding the festival of All Hallows is Hallow-E'en or, as the modern American youth calls it, "Holler Eve." The beautiful custom of celebrating the vigil of the Saints by the fireside has been done away with for rude outdoor sports. The average Marietta boy finds more pleasure in unhinging gates, removing signs, and presenting the unsuspecting passers with bouquets of decayed cabbage, than he does in roasting chestnuts with the family around the fireside.
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