Adorable vintage handkerchief in mint unused condition. From an estate this hankie still retains original label which reads: All Cotton Hoefgen Made in Switzerland. The Swiss are known for their nice quality handkerchiefs and embroidery work, and this cutie is no exception. Embroidery features seven small lady bugs for good luck! There are small violets, yellow daisies, blue forget me nots and white lily of the valley flowers. Just precious you will love it. Hankie measures about 12" square, has a white on white stripe design around the edge and a hand rolled hem. What a perfect gift this would make! @ www.nanaluluslinensandhandkerchiefs.com

"Discount Teen Ladybug Halloween Costume - The earliest known reference to ritual begging on Halloween in English speaking North America occurs in 1911, when a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, near the border of upstate New York, reported that it was normal for the smaller children to go street guising (see below) on Halloween between 6 and 7 p.m., visiting shops and neighbors to be rewarded with nuts and candies for their rhymes and songs. Another reference appears, place unknown, in 1915, with a third reference in Chicago in 1920. The thousands of Halloween postcards produced between the turn of the 20th century and the 1920s commonly show children but do not depict trick-or-treating. Ruth Edna Kelley, in her 1919 history of the holiday, The Book of Hallowe'en, makes no mention of such a custom in the chapter ""Hallowe'en in America."" It does not seem to have become a widespread practice until the 1930s, with the earliest known use in print of the term ""trick or treat"" appearing in 1927, and the first use in a national publication occurring in 1939. Thus, although a quarter million Scots-Irish immigrated to America between 1717 and 1770, the Irish Potato Famine brought almost a million immigrants in 1845–1849, and British and Irish immigration to America peaked in the 1880s, ritualized begging on Halloween was virtually unknown in America until generations later. Trick-or-treating spread from the western United States eastward, stalled by sugar rationing that began in April 1942 during World War II and did not end until June 1947."

LADYBUG-557 Our ultra sexy 5.5" Heel W/ Polka-Dot And Ladybug Button compliments all your favorite sexy outfits! Color: Size: 5-12