Here's some interesting ones. I thought you might like the horn with a picture of a witch who looks like a Jewish dad. Then there's the scarey moon that looks like it might be named Fred. Somewhere in this jumble there's also a cereal box from the 40s with a witch cut-out on the back.For comparison I included a contemporary Halloween-time cereal box with a monumentally stupid message about nurturing on the back. You should click to enlarge it so you can read the text. Below is a skeleton drawing by Harryhausen and a vintage pumpkin-and-devil picture from Halloween's golden era in the 1910s and 20s. Or maybe I should say "Hallowe'en
" like the picture does. I've seen that spelling before. Does anyone know anything about this?
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All I know is that "Hallowe'en" is the old spelling. It's the spelling directly adapted from "All Hallows Eve".
"Hallowe'en" is probably a colloquial abbreviation of other colloquial abbreviations of "All Hallows Eve," mentioned above.
My guess is "All Hallows Evening" -> "Hallowevening" -> "Hallowev'nin'" -> "Hallowe'nen'" -> "Hallowe'en"
or something similar to that.
A lot of words come from people shortening longer words or leaving out parts of them.
Hallowed Evening (hallowe'en)
Dude, what did you expect from Cheerios, anyway---FUN? Cheerios hasn't been fun since they stopped using Bullwinkle in their ads (which, of course, gives you an idea how old I REALLY am!!)
According to Wikipedia:
The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day" (also known as "All Saints' Day").
-Luke
hahah jorge
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