| 单词 | hop tu naa night |
| 释义 | > as lemmashop tu naa night The night of 31 October as celebrated on the Isle of Man, often marked by children singing songs door-to-door and the display of lanterns carved out of turnips. Also more fully hop tu naa night.Hop tu naa is often considered to be distinct from Halloween, though the way in which it is celebrated has been influenced considerably by the ways in which the latter is marked in the United Kingdom and United States. ΚΠ 1845 J. Train Hist. & Statist. Acc. Isle of Man II. xvii. 123 On Hollantide Eve, boys go round the towns bawling lines, of which the following is an extract;—Hop-tu-naa, This is old Hollantide night; Trollalaa, The moon shines fair and bright.] 1901 Peel City Guardian 26 Oct. 1/4 It was decided to have the annual dinner on the Saturday evening following 'Hop tu naa' night. 1946 Isle of Man Examiner 22 Nov. 5/5 Hop-tu-Naa was appropriately celebrated on Thursday last at the Methodist Hall. 1959 Courier (Isle of Man) 13 Nov. 6/6 This being Hop tu Naa night, everyone received one of the traditional gingerbread horses. 2016 @callumpurves22 1 Nov. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) It's hop tu naa boys and girls. Not trick or treat. < as lemmas |
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