hallowday

Example Sentences

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"This night is Hallowe'en, Janet, "The morn is Hallowday; "And, gin ye dare your true love win, "Ye hae na time to stay.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir

But the night is Halloween, lady, The morn is Hallowday; Then win me, win me, an ye will, For weel I wat ye may.

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

We had completed all our work ere Hallowday, and, after a journey of nearly three days, I found myself once more at home, with the leisure of the long happy winter before me.

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh

Yesterday was brave Hallowday, And, above all days of the year, The schoolboys all got leave to play, And little Sir Hugh was there.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

She would see her own true knight in mortal form before the dawn of Hallowday.

From Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children by Cameron, Katharine