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Allhallows-Eve

St Ives celebrates the ancient custom of providing children with a large apple on this eve of "Allan-day" as it is called, to this day. It is a great misfortune to the children to go to bed on "Allan-night" without the ancient custom of hiding a Allan apple beneath their pillows. Great amounts of apples were sold for this holiday�s custom in the markets, thus the term Allan Market begin.

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