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Valentine Traditions

Hundreds of years ago in England, many children dressed up as adults on Valentine's Day. They went singing from home to home. One verse they sang was:

Good morning to you, valentine;
Curl your locks as I do mine ---
Two before and three behind.
Good morning to you, valentine.

• A sentimental or humorous greeting card to a sweetheart, friend or family member on Saint Valentine's Day
• A gift sent as a token of love to one's sweetheart on Saint Valentine's Day
• A person singled out especially as one's sweetheart on Saint Valentine's Day

There were many different types of handmade valentines, including:

1. Acrostic valentines - had verses in which the first lines spelled out the loved one's name
2. Cutout valentines - made by folding the paper several times and then cutting out a lacelike design with small, sharp, pointed scissors
3. Pinprick valentines - made by pricking tiny holes in a paper with a pin or needle. creating the look of lace
4. Theorem or Poonah valentines - designs that were painted through a stencil cut in oil paper, a style that came from the Orient
5. Rebus valentines - verses in which tiny pictures take the place of some of the words. (an eye would take the place of the word I)
6. Puzzle Purse valentines - a folded puzzle to read and refold. Among their many folds were verses that had to be read in a certain order
7. Fraktur valentines - had ornamental lettering in the style of illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages