Beware of the Spirits
In 1936, Adelaide
newspaper News printed an article titled Beware of the Spirits, which detailed
an old custom from Scotland and Ireland used during Hallowe’en. The ritual was
to be done by young ladies to tell if their partners were faithful.
Three nuts were placed upon the bars of a grate, each being
named after the lovers. If a nut cracked or jumped, the lover whose name was
written on it would prove unfaithful; if the nut began to split or burn, the
lover had regard for the person making the trial; if the nuts were named after the
girl and a lover burned together, they would marry.[1]
The ritual is a relic
of pagan beliefs and is done only when the curtain between the spirit world and
ours is open – Hallowe’en.
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