I NTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ...HALLOWEEN... HALLOWEEN HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT NAMESAll Hallows Eve Samhain All Hallowtide The Feast of the Dead All Saints Eve El Día de los Muertos ..... T HE
Trang 1I NTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
HALLOWEEN
Trang 2HALLOWEEN HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT NAMES
All Hallows Eve
Samhain
All Hallowtide
The Feast of the Dead
All Saints Eve
El Día de los Muertos
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T HE TRADITION OF WEARING
MASKS
ON HALLOWEEN COMES FROM WELSH
AND CELTIC TRADITIONS THAT CLAIM
THE DEAD VISIT THE LIVING ON
OCTOBER 31ST.
Trang 4THE MASKS ARE INTENDED TO KEEP THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD FROM RECOGNIZING THE LIVING.
Trang 5T HE TRADITION OF ADDING PRANKS
TURN UGLY IN THE 1930' S AND A
FOR
Trang 6KIDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR COLLECTING
CANDY
Trang 7JACK O'LANTERNS
ORIGINATED IN IRELAND AS HOLLOWED OUT TURNIPS WITH CANDLES PLACED IN THEM TO KEEP AWAY EVIL GHOSTS AND SPIRITS ON THE SAMHAIN
HOLIDAY
ABOUT 99% OF ALL PUMPKINS SOLD ARE USED AS
JACK O'LANTERNS FOR HALLOWEEN
Trang 8AS FOR CATS
BLACK CATS
get a bad rap on Halloween
because they were once
believed to be witchs'
subordinates who protected
their master's dark powers
WHITE CATS
In England, it's just the opposite White cats are believed to be bad luck
Trang 9IF YOU SEE A SPIDER ON HALLOWEEN, IT
IS SAID TO BE THE SPIRIT OF A LOVED
ONE WATCHING OVER FOR YOU