It can be hard to find a traditional, old-fashioned Halloween, but it doesn’t get much more old-fashioned than the All Hallow’s Eve event at the Ohio Village.

The Village is a recreated 19th-century town that will celebrate All Hallows with the original cultural activities that are the roots of Halloween traditions today.

The Village is a great place for people to learn the history of Halloween and the different traditions that created the typical American Halloween holiday, said Susan Brouillette, event organizer for the Village.

One activity that many know and love is trick-or-treating. But people in the 19th century did not go door to door asking for chocolate treats, but for cakes containing allspice, cinnamon and other spices.

This practice was called Fouling, and the participants would go door to door and offer prayers for the deceased. In exchange for their prayers they would receive spice cakes or other trinkets. The Ohio Historical Society wants to make sure that participants are able to learn about the original Halloween instead of the more commercialized, candy-coated Halloween, Brouillette said.

The Ohio Historical Society did its research from period magazines, newspapers and diaries, to bring the old traditions to life.

Another popular tradition in the 19th century was the art of fortune telling.

Fortune telling is one of the main attractions at the Village and includes sortilege, which is a form of dice reading, tarot cards, and runes.  Another aspect of fortune telling in the 19th century was when women participated in various games and activities to find out their future marriage prospects.

One such activity, Three Luggies, is a game where a woman is blindfolded and given three bowls. She must then plunge her hand in one of the bowls and if the bowl is empty she is doomed to be a spinster forever. If the bowl contains dirty water, then her marriage will be a rough and challenging one. However, if the bowl has clean water then she is safe from marriage strife and destined for a happy life.

However, not all of the activities at the Village are focused on marriage, there are many other events that children, teenagers and parents can all enjoy, Brouillette said. The Widow’s Vigil is a popular event where faithful crowds gather to figure out how the widow’s 15th husband died.

This year the story follows Axelrod Wood, who was out chopping firewood for his wife, but never returned. The widow found her husband with an ax in his back and all in the village wonder how it got there. Crowds gather to figure out this ‘whodunit’ mystery, Brouillette said.

The All Hallow’s Eve event will take place Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The evening ends with the telling of Washington Irving’s spooky tale “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Visitors will see the legend as it passes through the night to cap off an evening of fun, tradition and culture.