AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
November was the saddest month. The month of the Holy Souls, when the priests wore purple vestments and there were devotions every night that Ruth's mother went to to pray for the souls in Purgatory. You had to keep praying for them, she said.
"Don't forget, Ruth. Grandpa's soul. And Daddy's." But first there was Halloween. People at school were talking about what they were going to be doing and Ruth stayed quiet, because her mother didn't approve of Halloween at all.
"It's a suspicious kind of a thing," she said. "More to do with the devil than holy things. I don't think it's a thing to be celebrating."
"Ah, sure, we'll have our own little ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Poppy day.(Halloween)