interesting facts about halloween

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

I NTERESTING FACTS ABOUT

HALLOWEEN

HALLOWEEN HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT NAMES

All Hallows Eve

Samhain

All Hallowtide

The Feast of the Dead

All Saints Eve

El Día de los Muertos

T HE TRADITION OF WEARING

MASKS

ON HALLOWEEN COMES FROM WELSH

AND CELTIC TRADITIONS THAT CLAIM

THE DEAD VISIT THE LIVING ON

OCTOBER 31ST.

THE MASKS ARE INTENDED TO KEEP THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD FROM RECOGNIZING THE LIVING.

T HE TRADITION OF ADDING PRANKS

TURN UGLY IN THE 1930' S AND A

FOR

KIDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR COLLECTING

CANDY

JACK 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

AS 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

IF YOU SEE A SPIDER ON HALLOWEEN, IT

IS SAID TO BE THE SPIRIT OF A LOVED

ONE WATCHING OVER FOR YOU