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Hallowe'en

the name popularly given to the eve or vigil of All Hallows, or festival of All Saints, which being Nov. 1, Hallowe'en is the evening of Oct. 31. In England and Scotland it was long consecrated to harmless fireside divining a future revelries, with many ceremonies for divining a future sweetheart. HALLUE (ä-lü'), a French river, noted for the battle on its banks in 1870 between the French and Germans.

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