halloween

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HALLOWEENOCTOBER 31ST

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SAMHAIM

Summer’s end

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THE CELTS

Druid priests tried to foretell whether their villages would survive to the winter.

Ordinary Celts lit bonfires and disguised themselves to repel the spirits

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THE ROMANS

Pomona Bobbing for apples

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POPE GREGORY III (731-741)

“All Hallows day”, a day to honour all saints

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THE IRISH

A potato famine drew over a million of starving Irish into American harbours.

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JACK O’LANTERN

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JACK OF THE LANTERN

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TRICK OR TREAT/ HALLOWMAS

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NOWADAYS USA People go to parties and disguise themselves in scary costumes

Retailers earn billions of dollars with the selling of scary stuff.

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FOOD

Some ideas for a spine-chilling evening:

Bloody eyes Mummy pizzas Spooky witches fingers Cheese bats Candy corn Some more ideas on www.cocinandoconcatman.com

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