Hallow

HALLOW, sb.1 Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Nhb. Lan. Wal. Wor.
e.An. Som. Also in forms hala- Sh.I.; halla- Sc.
ne.Lan.1; halle- N.Cy.1; hollow- Ir. Wal. Wor. [Sc. and
n.Cy. ha·lə.] In comb. (1) Hallow-day, (a) All Saints' or
All Hallows Day; (b) a holiday; (2) Hallow-een or Hallow-eve(n, the
eve of All Saints' Day; also called Halloween-night; (3)
Hallow-een bleeze, a bonfire kindled on Halloween; (4) Hallow-fair,
a fair held in the beginning of November; (5) Hallow-fire, see
(3); (6) Hallow-market, a market held on All Saints' Day; (7)
Hallow-mas, All Saints' Day; the season of All Hallows, the first
week of November; also used attrib.; (8) Hallow-masrade, the name
given to the general assembly of witches and ‘warlocks’ supposed
to have been held at this time; (9) Hallow-tide night, see (2).
(1, a) Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. There would be ither words amang
your win' afore auld Halla'-day, Ainslie Land of Burns (ed. 1892)
28. Slk. It was on ane hallow-day, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 367.
(b) e.An.1, e.Suf. (F.H.) (2) Sc. It was believed that if, on
Hallowe'en, any person should go round one of these [fairy]
hillocks nine times, contrary to the course of the sun, a door
would open, by which he would be admitted into the realms of
fairyland, Ford Thistledown (1891) 263; To haud Halloween, to
observe the childish or superstitious rites appropriated to this
evening (Jam.). Sh.I. ‘Auld Halloween’ and taking in the sheep
from the fields occurred generally about the same time, Stewart
Tales (1892) 78. Cai.1 Abd. It was i' the go-hairst, weel on
to Halloween, Deeside Tales (1872) 91. e.Sc. From Hallowe'en
to Hogmanay, and the year was at an end, Setoun Sunshine
(1895) 2. Per. Heath, broom, and dressings of flax are tied upon
a pole. This faggot is then kindled; one takes it upon his shoulders
and running bears it round the village; a crowd attend.
When the first faggot is burnt out, a second is bound to the pole
and kindled in the same manner as before. Numbers of these
blazing faggots are often carried about together and when the
night happens to be dark they form a splendid illumination. This
is Halloween, Statist. Acc. V. 84, 85 (Jam.). w.Sc. For several
days before Hallowe'en, boys and youths collected wood and
conveyed it to the most prominent places on the hill sides in their
neighbourhood... After dark on Hallowe'en, these heaps were
kindled... At the beginning of this century men as well as boys
took part, and when the fire was ablaze, all joined hands and
danced round the fire;... as these gatherings generally ended
in drunkenness and rough and dangerous fun, the ministers set
their faces against the observance, and so the practice was discontinued
by adults and relegated to school boys, Napier Flk-Lore
(1879) 179-80. Rnf. Whether it was on hallowe'en... She
couldna, 'twas sae lang since syne, Just be exact, Webster
Rhymes (1835) 23. Ayr. Hallowe'en among us is a dreadfu' night!
witches and warlocks, and a' lang-nebbit things, hae a power and
a dominion unspeakable on Hallowe'en, Galt Gilhaize (1823) xvii;
It was Halloween:.. the wee callans were at it already, rinning
aboot wi' their fause-faces on and their bits o' turnip lanthrons in
their haun, Service Notandums (1890) 40. Lnk. The serio-comic
drama acted by our peasant fathers on Halloween nicht, with its
absurd, yet amusing, and sometimes fatal superstitious observances,
Hamilton Poems (1865) 184. Dmf. This song was his favourite,
and he usually sung it at Halloweens, at Kirk-suppers, and other
trystes, Cromek Remains (1810) 19. Gall. When those creatures
called ‘Gian Carlins’ wont to meet with any one alone on
Hallowe'en night, they stuffed it with beer awns and butter,
Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 58, ed. 1876. s.Ir. Of a Hollow-eve
night he'd find more gold, Croker Leg. (1862) 327. n.Cy. Hey
how for Hallowe'en When all the witches are to be seen, Denham
Tracts (ed. 1895) II. 79; N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, ne.Lan.1 (3) Sc. In some parts
of Sc. it is customary on this evening for young people to kindle fires
on the tops of hills or rising grounds. A fire of this kind they call a
Halloween blaze (Jam.). (4) Sc. (JAM.) Lth. 'Mang Hallowfair's
wild noisy brattle Thou'st foughten mony a weary battle, Ballantine
Poems (1856) 66. Edb. At Hallow-fair, whare browsters
rare Keep gude ale, Fergusson Poems (1773) 131, ed. 1785; The
bard, wha sang o' Hallow-fair, New Year's Morning (1792) 7. (5)
Sc. Now the Hallow-fire when kindled is attended by children
only, Statist. Acc. XXI. 145 (Jam.). (6) Fif. Daddie's gane to
Hallow-market, Douglas Poems (1806) 84. (7) Sh.I. At Hallowmas
I commenced my duties as a teacher, Stewart Tales (1892)
57; The Hallowmas roup, or cattle sale, was going to come off
shortly, Nicolson Aithstin' Hedder (1898) 9. Cai.1 Ayr. As
bleak-faced Hallowmass returns, Burns Twa Dogs (1786) l. 123.
Lth. When Hallowmas swept bleak the plain, A fleet of ships stood
o'er the Forth, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 33. Edb. At Hallowmas,
whan nights grow lang, Fergusson Poems (1773) 131, ed.
1785. Dmf. Sung the season's dying lay, When hallowmas was
past, Shennan Tales (1837) 149. s.Wor. (H.K.) w.Som.1 We
always reckons to pay our Michaelmas rent to Hallowmas
[t-au·lurmus]. (8) Sc. (Jam.) Dmf. The peasantry... were wont
to date their age from them; thus: ‘I was christened o' the Sunday
after Tibbie Fleucher's Hallowmass Rade,’ Cromek Remains
(1810) 276. (9) Wal. Pastimes of Hallow Eve are still kept up in
Wales on ‘Hollowtide Night’ ─ the name by which it is there
known, Monthly Pckt. (Dec. 1863) 678.
[For explanation of Hallow see All-hallow(s.]
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HALLOW, sb.2 Sh.I. Also written halloe. A bunch
of straw or hay tied round the middle with a rope twisted
of the same material. Also called Hallow-twist.
Haes doo plenty o' hallows fir da kye's supper, daa? Sh. News
(Mar. 11, 1899); Makkin' da strae up in hallows reddy ta lay afore
da baess, Sh. News (Nov. 26, 1898); Du'll gie dem a halloe tweest every
twa, Junda Klingrahool (1898) 24; Sh.&Ork.1
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HALLOW, adj., adv., sb.3 and v. Sc. Yks. Also in
form halloo n.Yks.2 1. adj. Hollow, sunken.
Cai.1 Abd. Sometimes also the flesh is sunk in and hallow,
Bell's Trial of Witchcraft in Law Memor. (1818) Pref. 32 (Jam.).
Rnf. Phoebus, glowin' fallow, Has owre the wastlan' hills shot
hallow, Young Pictures (1865) 167.
2. adv. Completely, surpassingly, ‘hollow.’ n.Yks.2
(s.v. Hollow.)
3. sb. A hollow; valley.
Sh.I. Snipe call frae the flossy hallow, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.)
80. Cai.1 Rnf. There was Tam that wins down in the hallow,
Webster Rhymes (1835) 4. Lth. O'er green knowe and flowery
hallow, Till they reached the cot-house door, Macneill Poet. Wks.
(1801) 163, ed. 1856.
4. v. To make hollow. Cai.1, Abd. (Jam.)