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Nov 18

Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004

Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, United Kingdom

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Oct 27

Halloween around the world

Snap-Apple Night by Daniel Maclise Snap-Apple Night by Daniel Maclise portrays a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland, in 1832. The young people on the left side play various divination games, while children on the right bob for apples. A couple in the center play "Snap-Apple", which involves retrieving an apple hanging from a string

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Sep 29

Vampires - A Chronology

Blooding rule

Munch vampire

Vampires - A Chronology

The bat

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Jun 13

Chess in early literature

One of the most common ways for chess historians to trace when the board game chess entered a country is to look at the literature of that country. Although due to the names associated with chess sometimes being used for more then one game (for instance Xiang-qi in China and Tables in England), the only certain reference to chess is often several hundred years later than uncertain earlier references.

The earliest dates for strong references include,

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