Hallowe'en Peculiarity

This year Hallowe'en in Kilmarnock falls on Friday 30th October.

Did you know that in Kilmarnock Hallowe'en is traditionally celebrated on the last Friday of October, whether or not this is the 31st?

This tradition is thought to originate in the town’s mining and industrial past, when workers would be paid on a Friday and could therefore afford to splash out on celebratory confections.

The truth of this may never be known, but the practice has caused much confusion over the years, particularly among the children of incomers to the town who would turn up on doorsteps on the 31st only to be told by the weary householder: “Sorry, we’ve had it already.”

If you can shed more light on this subject, please feel free to drop us a line.

We don’t know of anywhere else that this tradition continues, but it operates in Kilmarnock to this very day.