Hewett's Haloween - Part 1 - Introduction

A Settle - By Pearson Scott Foresman [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

"I THINK I cannot do better than describe what actually took place at an old farm house, in the [eighteen-] eighties, in South Devon.

I was invited to spend a few days with a family, consisting of a farmer, his wife, and seven grown-up sons and daughters. The farm was picturesquely situated on a south-western slope of the Haldon Hills, from whence extensive views of land and sea could be enjoyed.

Mary was the youngest and merriest of the family. She it was who acted as prime mover in all the fun, not that either of the others showed any reluctance to carry out her wildest suggestions. A brighter set of young folk it would be difficult to find, and it has seldom been my good fortune to meet their equals in high spirits and natural gentleness. Every one was thoroughly imbued with credulity in regard to omens and predictions."

Hewett (1900)

Map - Haldon Hills