#Hop Tu Naa

[noodyl-blasstal]

Happy hop tu naa! 

Source: Culture Vannin

[anreill]

[maypoleman1]

12th November

Hollantide/ Old Samhain

Hollantide stock image. Source: Alamy Stock Photos

Today is Hollantide, a pagan origin feast day almost forgotten outside the Isle of Man where the occasion is celebrated as Hop-tu-naa. According to the Old Calendar, today would be the date of Samhain, the Celtic New Year, when cattle were brought down from summer pasture to their winter shelter or slaughtered. The evening is marked by young children seeking alms from door to door and bearing turnip lanterns. The lanterns, many of which are noticeably more grotesque than their Halloween cousins, are probably the remnants of charms to ward of evil and the power of witches. Hop-tu-naa remains very popular on Man but it has all but died out in Scotland and North West England where it survived, its games and rituals now encompassed by the all-consuming event that is Halloween. Even on Man, the Hop-tu-naa traditions are tending to gravitate to October 31st.

[the-october-country]

Hop-tu-naa is the Isle of Man's equivalent of Hallowe'en, taking place on 31st October. While turnip lanterns (moots) were also traditionally carved in Ireland and Scotland, there are some specifically Manx twists on the decoration that I haven't seen done elsewhere.

[evilwizard]

Hop tu naa, hop tu naa

Jinny the Witch, she’s in your house

Give us a penny and we’ll chase her out

Hop tu naa, hop tu naa

Add To Inventory: a penny, inscribed with a carved turnip-head on one side, and a leaping rabbit on the other

[captainmera]

Mera!! In IBWR celebrates halloween or SOMETING ? How is Oliver about that

Peculiars have a big holiday for Halloween/Samhain/Hop-tu-naa/Allantide/Calan Gaef/All hallows eve-- Whatever you want to call it! :'D

The day of spirits and monsters is a day for community fun, singing, eating, telling stories and playing games!

Unlike regulars, though, they don't dress up as one another. They usually just dress up as old pagan gods or spirits. Or, rather, what they think those things look like. They don't actually know any more, since the UK is Christianised and the old ways are forgotten.

It's tradition so old they don't really know why they celebrate it or why the food they eat is what they always eat. But the rites are there, just watered down and re-imaginated through different lenses.

They still throw nuts into the fire, eat apples, cutting ivy, carve turnips, put salt in the windows and decorate with candles and, of course, sing old songs that lost meaning but still revives imagination of an ancient past - year after year.

Oliver likes Halloween! :D

He just can't hide that night... No matter what crosses he wears, they sniff him out. So his celebration time is often short-lived if he goes out! He prefers being indoors with other people, so he can hide better.

He just wants to eat his Halloween apple jam and cider, man.

[argyleheir]

Hop tu naa as traa la la! 🐈‍⬛ Trick or treat!

Yay, Happy Halloween! You get a Big Cape Dracula! 🖤

[jaylikesrainbowtigers]

Stranger Things Halloween

What I think each character would wear in a modern Halloween.

El - Glimmer

Max - Adora

Lucas - Bow

Mike - Ash

Will - Pikachu

Dustin - Deku

Suzie - Uravity

Erica - A black cat

Eddie - Shaggy

Steve - Fred

Nancy - Daphne

Robin - Velma

Jonathan- Mario

Argyle - Luigi

Billy - Anakin Skywalker

Heather - Padmé Amidala

Chrissy - Angel

Barb - A zombie

Tommy - Joker

Carol - Harley Quinn

Vicky - Kim Possible

Henry/Vecna/One - Satan

Joyce - A scary witch

Hopper - Axe man (regular outfit + axe)

Murray - Star Trek suit

Alexei - Star Trek suit

Yuri - Jack Sparrow

Antonov - A this is my costume shirt

Karen - A sexy witch

Hope everyone has a happy Hop-Tu-Naa! (Or Halloween I guess)

[shiisiln]

Hop tu naa as traa la la👻 Trick or treat!

Here's some tiger's milk so you can grow up big and strong~

[portersposse]

[witches-and-windchimes]

Happy Halloween

Oíche Shamhna Shona

Nos Kalan Gwav Lowen

Oidhche Shamhna Shona

Nos Calan Gaeaf Hapus

Hop-tu-Naa Sonney

Noz an Anoun Laouen

Happy Allantide

Oie Houney Sonney

[noodyl-blasstal]

My computer is Gaelg-splaining to me.

[doc-avalon]

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Holidays and events of Note for October 31, 2022

*   Halloween ( U.S., Canada, and some other places)

*   Samhain (Celtic)

*   National Caramel Apple Day

*   Allantide (Cornwall) Also known as Allhallowtide *   Girl Scouts Founders Day (U. S.) Juliette Gordon Low

*   Hop-tu-Naa (Isle of Man) *   National Magic Trick Day

[anreill]

Happy Hop Tu Naa Everyone!

If you're walking abroad tonight remember to bring a light to keep away ny mooinjer veggey as ny spyrrydyn!

[brookstonalmanac]

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[brookston]

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Japanese Tea Day (Japan)

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National Keg Day

The United Nations of Beer (New York)

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Edan (Declared; 1999) [unrecognized]

Nevada Statehood Day (#36; 1864)

Wellington (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

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Abaidas (Coptic Church)

Alphonsus Rodriguez (Christian; Saint)

Ampliatus (Christian; Saint)

Begu (Christian; Saint)

Bob Crane Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Erc of Slane (in Cornwall; Christian; Saint)

Feast of Sekhmet Bast Ra (Ancient Egypt)

Felix the Chicken (Muppetism)

Festival of Inner Worlds

Foillan (in Namur; Christian; Saint)

Gerbil Caressing Day (Pastafarian)

Hallowe’en (also celebrated as ... 

Allantide (Cornwall, UK)

All Hallows Eve

Apple and Candle Night (Wales)

Beggar's Night

Beltaine [Southern Hemisphere; begins at sunset]

Books For Treats Day

Caramel Apple Day

Carve a Pumpkin Day

Chiang Kai-Shek Day (Taiwan)

Day of the Dead begins (Mexico) [until 11.2]

Dookie Apple Night (Newcastle, UK)

Duck Apple Night (Liverpool, UK)

Fright Night (Pastafarian)

Ghostwriter’s Day

Halloween

Hop-tu-Naa (Isle of Man)

Increase Your Psychic Powers Day

National Doorbell Day

National Dress Like a Slut Day

National Keg Day

National Knock-Knock Joke Day

National Magic Day

National UNICEF Day

Night of a Thousand Screams (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Nut-Crack Night (UK)

Out of the Broom Closet Day

Saci Day (Brazil)

Samhain [Northern Hemisphere; begins at sunset]

Samhain Eve (Celtic, Pagan) [7 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]

Scare a Friend Day

Sneak Some of the Candy Before the Kids Start Knocking Day

Thump-the-Door Night (Isle of Man)

Trick or Treat Night

Isis/Osiris Mysteries IV (Pagan)

Johannes Vermeer (Artology)

Kant (Positivist; Saint)

Makoshe’s Holiday (Asatru/Pagan Slavic celebration of Mother Earth)

Marie Laurencin (Artology)

Martin Luther (Anglican Communion)

Meindert Hobbema (Artology)

Old Celtic New Year’s Eve

Paul Shinji Sasaki and Philip Lindel Tsen (Episcopal Church)

Reformation Day (Germany, Slovenia, Lutheran Church)

Quentin (Christian; Saint)

Theodore Romzha, Blessed (Ruthenian Catholic Church)

Vetmaetr (Norse beginning of winter, start of Odin leading the Wild Hunt)

Wolfgang of Regensburg (Christian; Saint) [Germany]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s Xt'Tapalatakettle's Day.)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [51 of 57]

Premieres

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1892)

All Wet (Disney Cartoon; 1927)

Ash vs. Evil Dead (Film; 2015)

Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen (Song; 1975)

Catty Cornered (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)

The Country Cousin (Disney Cartoon; 1936)

Explosive Situation or Don’t Make It Worse — It’s Badenov (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 121; 1961)

Foul Hunting (Disney Cartoon; 1947)

Girls! Girls! Girls! (Film; 1960) [Elvis Presley #11]

I Only Have Eyes For You, recorded by The Flamingos (Song; 1958)

Like a Virgin, by Madonna (Song; 1984)

Livin’ on a Prayer, by Bon Jovi (Song; 1986)

A Modest Proposal, by Jonathan Swift (Essay; 1726)

Ninety-Five Theses, by Martin Luther (Pamphlet; 1517)

Period of Adjustment (Film; 1962)

The Red Sea Sharks, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1958) [Tintin #19]

The Secret Teachings of All Ages, by Manly P. Hall (Book; 1928)

Somebody Stole My Gal, recorded by Count Basie (Song; 1930)

Spellbound (Film; 1945)

Star Dust, recorded by Hoagy Carmichael (Song; 1927)

Strategy, by B.H. Liddell Hart (Book; 1929)

Two Weeks Vacation (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

Unplugged MTV Show, recorded by Squeeze Live Show; 1989) [1st Unplugged Show]

The Walking Dead (TV Series; 2010)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (Film; 1962)

A Witch’s Tangled Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)

You’ve Got Me in Switches or Suture Self (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 122; 1961)

Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Film; 2008)

Today’s Name Days

Christoph, Quentin, Wolfgang (Austria)

Alfons, Volfgang, Vukmir (Croatia)

Štěpánka (Czech Republic)

Louise (Denmark)

Ardo, Ardu, Arti, Arto, Artur (Estonia)

Arto, Arttu, Artturi (Finland)

Quentin (France)

Melanie, Quentin, Wolfgang (Germany)

Ablia, Apellis, Aristovoulos, Narkisos, Stratoniki (Greece)

Farkas (Hungary)

Lucilla (Italy)

Rinalds, Smilga, Valts, Volfgangs (Latvia)

Alfonsas, Liucilė, Tanvilė (Lithuania)

Edit, Edna (Norway)

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Amplie, Afelie, Aristobul, Narcis, Stahie, Urban (Romania)

Aurélia (Slovakia)

Alonso, Quintín (Spain)

Edgar, Edit (Sweden)

Maura, Moira (Ukraine)

Cruz, Flint, Flynn, Kruz, Trent, Trenton (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 304 of 2024; 61 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 44 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Ten-Xu), Day 17 (Ren-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 16 Heshvan 5784

Islamic: 16 Rabi II 1445

J Cal: 4 Mir; Foursday [4 of 30]

Julian: 18 October 2023

Moon: 91%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 24 Descartes (11th Month) [Kant]

Runic Half Month: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 38 of 89)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 8 of 29)

Calendar Changes

Ngetal (Reed) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 12 of 13]