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The Celts -- forebears of the Irish, Scots and Welsh -- believed that spirits, who had died the preceding year, would return on the October 31 holiday.
To avoid being possessed, the living would dress up in ghoulish costumes and noisily parade around...
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given a network certification.
Logic Communications yesterday announced it had been awarded premier partner status with Cisco Systems.
Cisco premier certification status is a recognition of Logic's continuous investment in Cisco's training and techno...
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According to Hallowe'en -- History and Traditions of the Holiday, the jack-o-lantern custom originated with Irish folklore.
A notorious trickster and drunk, named Jack, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. When Satan was in the tree, Jack carved a cro...
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"Slaves and Slaveholders in Bermuda, 1616-1782'', by Virginia Bernhard, Professor of History at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, was recently published by the University of Missouri Press (UMP).
UMP publicity manager Megan Scott said: "Delvin...
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This is the last Hallowe'en of the 20th Century and crafts are an ideal way to either build anticipation or keep the momentum going once all the treats are collected Saturday night.
And you don't need black magic to turn simple plain paper plates int...
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The Edinburgh Gallery City Hall, Hamilton Molly Critchley's trade mark as an artist is her pastel-tinted watercolours of Bermudian scenes. Well if that's what you're expecting here you're in for a bit of a shock.
The collection of more than 30 wate...
DATE: Oct 28, 1999
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Cash prizes will be presented in each of the two categories -- under 18s and adults. The winner in each section will receive $300 and the runner-up $200.
Two special awards of $100 will go to the authors of stories showing exceptional promise, regard...
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Bermudians was honoured recently for his 25 years in the top post.
Among the honourees at Brewster Academy's celebration of David Smith's 25th anniversary was local educator Merle Swan Williams who praised his vision, spirit and sense of mission that...
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There are busy and exciting times ahead for the Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, now celebrating its fifteenth anniversary.
On Sunday, October 31 a joint exhibition, entitled "Bermuda Now and Then'', opens in the west-end gallery featuring images by ...
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Fellow artists and long-time friends Sheilagh Head, Kris Jensen and Elmer Midgett have once again joined forces with other well-known local artists to form the tenth edition of "Growing'' -- a now-biennial exhibition with an established reputation fo...
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