Halloween used to be the time to conjure up who you were going to marry. There are lots of ways to do this involving apple peels, chestnuts, and mirrors. In this case, at midnight you would stand facing away from a mirror, light a candle, take 3 steps backward, say something witchy, then look over your shoulder into the mirror. You would then see your future husband.
I can just picture this, the girl looks over her shoulder, sees Mr. Pumpkin man saying "Hi Babe" and faints!!!
This postcard was painted by Frances Brundage (one of my favorite illustrators) and published by Raphael Tuck.
Free to download for personal use. To download, click on the image to open it in another window, then right click to save the file to your computer.
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