How Scary was Victorian Halloween? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvbtkHy3DY0
Beware the 'cailliach' on Halloween in 19th Century Scotland! Tricks and even treats could be found in Halloween of the past - just not the candies you are familiar with today. We look at some of the lively Halloween folklore and traditions still active in Victorian era Scotland in 1882 - and discover some mysterious superstitions and divinations now long since faded from modern memory. ? Support the channel (donations): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/FactF... Do you like history? SUBSCRIBE and click the bell icon to keep up-to-date. Please support the channel by sharing this video on social media ? ✅ It really helps the channel grow so we can bring you more content to watch ? Thank you Check out more Victorian documentaries (Playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL... Credits: Narration - markmanningmedia.com Music (The Black Waltz) by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au CC BY - A horrified man discovering that as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills, his nose has turned into a carrot; A laundry maid leaning out of a sash window to wring out a wet garment. Rotogravure by Rembrandt Intaglio Printing Co. Ltd. after P. Dawe after H. Morland; A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills; A young woman washing her hands in water poured from a jug by a maid; behind are a bed and a table. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. Ter Borch (Terborch); Two women consulting a fortune-teller. Engraving by J. Romne by Wellcome Collection; Tin type portrait of an intense young girl by simpleinsomnia; Vangogh girl kneeling front bucket 1881 by ErgSap CC BY-SA - A Halloween mask from early twentieth-century Ireland. On display at the Horniman Museum by Ethan Doyle White; A traditional Irish halloween mask from the early 20th century. Photographed at the Museum of Country Life, Ireland; A traditional Irish turnip Jack-o'-lantern from the early 20th century. Photographed at the Museum of Country Life, Ireland [CC BY-SA 3.0] by rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid; All Saints Day Sanok by Silar; Jean-Édouard Dargent (French, 1824-1899) , Les Lavandières de la nuit (The Washerwomen of the Night), c.1861 by Sofi; Ruin at the Inner Sound by Simaron; Soul cakes eaten during Halloween, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day by Malikhpur; Straw burning near the Ridgeway, Wiltshire Image taken from about 0.75 metres. This could be smouldering for days by Brian Robert Marshall; Wheel of the Year from the Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle by Midnightblueowl Footage of silk fibres by Videvo; footage of hot roasted chestnuts and wooden toys by Videezy
