Allhallown

Pertaining to the time about All-hallows. An All -hallown summer is a late summer. "Farewell, thou latter spring! farewell, All-hallown summer." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Part I., 1. 2. All-hallows, All-hallow, All-hallow mas, Hallow mas, * All-hallond, s . [Eng. all ; hallows , or hallow; A.S. halge (gen it. halgan ) = saints.] [HALLOW.] 1. The old English designation of All Saints' Day, the 1st of November, formerly ushered in throughout Britain by the ceremonies and merry-making of All-halloween. [ALL-HALLOWEEN, ALL SAINTS' DAY.] "Book of Riddles why. did you not lend it to Alice Shortcake ke upon All - hallow mas last, a fortnight afore Michael mas?"-shakesp. Merry Wives, i. 1. 2. During the darkne of med iæval times, if the example which follows may be trusted, there were people who believed All-hallows to be a saint instead of a saints' day, and had no misgivings with regard to the genuinene of "his" relics when exhibited. "Frendes, here shall ye se evyn anone Of All - hallowes the ble ed jaw-bone, Ki it hardely with good devocion." Heywood: Four P's. All-hallows-eve, * All-hallond-eve, All-halloween, *All-halloween-tide, Halloween, s. [Eng. all ; hallows-eve; hal lond hallows; eve, een eventide. In A.S. tid , tiid = tide, time.] The 31st of October, the evening before All-hallows (q.v.). Till recently it was kept up (especially in Scotland) with ceremonies which have apparently come down from Druidical times. [HALLOWEEN.] Though connected with All Saints' Day (Ist of November), yet it seems to have been formerly a merry making to celebrate the end of autumn, and help to fortify the mind against the advent of winter. "Froth. All -hallond eve." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure, ii. 1. "Betwixt Michael mas and All - halloween - tide . -The Petition of John Field, in Froude's Hist. of Eng ., ch. vi. All-hallow-tide, s. At or about the "tide" or time of All-hallows (q.v.). "Cnt off the bough about All - hallow tide ."- Bacon : Nat . Hist .. Cent. v., § 427.