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<P>I had never heard anything about this before this discussion, must just be a tradition of sorts.<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "Peter A. McGraw" <PMCGRAW@LINFIELD.EDU>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
<DIV></DIV>>To: ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: night before Halloween
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 16:20:20 -0800
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<DIV></DIV>>I'd forgotten about Beggars' Night from our years in Yellow Springs
<DIV></DIV>>(SW
<DIV></DIV>>Ohio) until it emerged on this thread. My wife and I both recall
<DIV></DIV>>that it
<DIV></DIV>>was movable if it didn't fall on a Friday or Saturday--so sometimes
<DIV></DIV>>it fell
<DIV></DIV>>on Oct. 31, sometimes not. That may well have been a strictly local
<DIV></DIV>>custom.
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<DIV></DIV>>Peter Mc.
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<DIV></DIV>>--On Friday, November 1, 2002 5:21 PM -0500 Beverly Flanigan
<DIV></DIV>><FLANIGAN@OHIOU.EDU> wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>>>Oops--I misreplied on Beggars' Night; it's on Hallowe'en, not the
<DIV></DIV>>>eve
<DIV></DIV>>>before, and is the term used for what little kids do door to door.
<DIV></DIV>>>If
<DIV></DIV>>>there's a different Mischief Night here I'm not aware of it--but
<DIV></DIV>>>I'll ask
<DIV></DIV>>>around.
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<DIV></DIV>> Peter A. McGraw
<DIV></DIV>> Linfield College * McMinnville, OR
<DIV></DIV>> pmcgraw@linfield.edu
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