“Y’alloween” (“y’all” + “Halloween”) is something that might be said in a jocular version of the holiday in the South. “Y’alloween” was printed in the Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA) on October 28, 2006.
“What’s a cowboy’s favorite holiday?”/“Y’alloween” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on July 15, 2019.
28 October 2006, Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA), “Y’alloween” by Heather Ignatin, pg. 1:
A haunted Southern mansion opens today in Laguna Niguel.
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Courtney Rae
@C_Note4934
Happy Y’alloween #texasstyle
3:13 PM - 31 Oct 2012
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THE CRIMSON CHIN
@_RyanTucker
Halloween in Atlanta is officially called Y’alloween now thanks for agreeing
11:48 PM - 11 Oct 2016
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Harrison H. Parker
@omw2innisfree
Southern states are really missing out by not doing Y’alloween.
3:13 PM - 29 Oct 2016
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chelsea △⃒⃘ ⚯͛
@cmmeier11
You know you live in Texas when the radio stations keep saying happy Y’alloween
8:45 AM - 31 Oct 2016
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brother bungus
@freshfighter
More brother bungus Retweeted LeVar Burton
Happy Y’alloween brother bungus added,
LeVar Burton
@levarburton
Happy Halloween, Y’all…
12:01 PM - 31 Oct 2016
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oli
@leanonmypride
in texas do they call it y’alloween
1:46 PM - 26 Jul 2018
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kassidee renee
@honeybeekassi
Peition to change “Halloween” to “Y’alloween” in Texas.
5:27 PM - 26 Sep 2018
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Pirate Software
@PirateSoftware
Dress up like a cowboy and hand out beans on Halloween.
Trick or Beans for Y’alloween.
7:25 PM - 29 Oct 2018
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/2scoopsrice July 15, 2019
What’s a cowboy’s favorite holiday?
Y’alloween
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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