Category: Culture

There are numerous Halloween traditions, superstitions, and beliefs. Many have come and gone. New ones have bee made. This one called the Halloween Jinx is…

How did they divine the names of future mates back on Halloween night? This short little article from 1912 gives Halloween charms that were practiced…

You have probably heard that beads were once used as a form of money or for barter and trade. How prevalent was this custom? Who…

Halloween night used to be a night full of tricks and divining a future mate. It is a shame that most kids these days have…

If you have the sewing skills, here are some descriptions of Halloween costume gowns for women in the late 1800s. Halloween Costumes Pretty Fanciful Gowns…

It was fairly easy for women in the 1800s and early 1900s to present themselves as a man. They would dress as men, take office…

How about those parents who deny their children a few Halloween frolics. As the author of this article wrote in 1912, Halloween is the time…

There were once a bunch of different Halloween divinations that people would try out for fun once a year. Not all of them are covered…

Midsummer Eve, also called the Summer Solstice, and St. John’s Eve, can take place anytime between June 19th and June 25th. It is the longest…