and his face has became as marble; there is no hope; nothing but the sad remembrance of that dreadful night. In Ireland they have a superstition among the young girls that whoever on Halloween shall place a cabbage over the door will marry the first young man who enters the door afterwards. And this, it was proved, was the errand of the girl in the old man’s garden. But instead of a wedding— she found a grave.” From— Idaho Semi-Weekly World. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory), 28 June 1878. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.