Regency Customs: All Hallows Eve and Nutcrack Night

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In the Regency era, All Hallows Eve or Nutcrack night would have largely been celebrations of the working class, and particularly the Irish and Scottish.  Continue

Regency Culture and Society: All Hallow’s Eve Part II

“In England we celebrate all hallows eve or nutcrack night as this vigil is called by eating apples and cracking nuts; we disclaim and reject all Continue