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Galoshans is a word used in Greenock, Scotland and surrounding areas. It refers to going around homes on Halloween night and performing a song or play. Its origins are in the Scots language and it comes from the epistle of St Paul to the Galatians, a part of the Bible. Galoshans essentially being a Scots form of 'Galatians'. This is due to the tradition of Bible plays being performed on Halloween night.
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