I’ve had this lurking in my Drafts folder for so long that I’ve forgotten the original intent of the post. I think it was going to be part of a “themed party” idea, where the invitation text would tie into the overall party motif: A party with an Old World theme might use a relevant poem or superstition, and so on. However, that post apparently is never going to get off the ground, so here’s a bunch of poetry and folk sayings that might be useful for prettying up a party invitation.<\/p>\n
If you hear footsteps following you on Halloween,
\nyou must not look round,
\nfor it is the dead who are following,
\nand you should not meet their glance.
\n— Old Irish Superstition<\/p>\nGo to the crossroads at Hallowe’en and listen
\nto hear the future whispered in the wind.
\n— Old Welsh Saying<\/p>\nHalloween will come, will come,
\nWitchcraft will be set agoing,
\nFairies will be at full speed,
\nRunning in every pass.
\nAvoid the road children, children.
\n— Old Scottish Saying<\/p>\nLast night was Hallowe\u2019en, you know;
\nThe cowbells rang, the horns did blow,
\nThe goblins stalked o\u2019er stones and planks
\nAnd small boys played their annual pranks.
\n— Hallowe’en, Charles Frederick White<\/p>\nFor on Hallow-Mass Eve the Night-Hag will ride,
\nAnd all her nine-fold sweeping on by her side,
\nWhether the wind sing lowly or loud,
\nSailing through moonshine or swathed in the cloud.
\n— Sir Walter Scott<\/p>\n“In order on the clean hearthstane,
\nThe luggies three are ranged;
\nAnd ev’ry time great care is ta’en,
\nTo see them duly changed…”
\n— Robert Burns<\/p>\nAn’ all us other childern, when the supper-things is done,
\nWe set around the kitchen fire an’ has the mostest fun
\nA-list’nin’ to the witch-tales ‘at Annie tells about,
\nAn’ the Gobble-uns ‘at gits you
\nEf you
\nDon’t
\nWatch
\nOut!
\n— James Whitcomb Riley<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I’ve had this lurking in my Drafts folder for so long that I’ve forgotten the original intent of the post. I think it was going to be part of a “themed party” idea, where the invitation text would tie into the overall party motif: A party with an Old World theme might use a relevant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7071"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7236,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions\/7236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}