halloween
DESCRIPTION
A brief history of HalloweenTRANSCRIPT
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.co
m
HALLOWEENOCTOBER 31ST
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.c
om
SAMHAIM
Summer’s end
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.c
om
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
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.c
om
THE ROMANS
Pomona Bobbing for apples
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.c
om
POPE GREGORY III (731-741)
“All Hallows day”, a day to honour all saints
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.c
om
THE IRISH
A potato famine drew over a million of starving Irish into American harbours.
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.c
om
JACK O’LANTERN
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.c
om
JACK OF THE LANTERN
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.c
om
TRICK OR TREAT/ HALLOWMAS
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.c
om
NOWADAYS USA People go to parties and disguise themselves in scary costumes
Retailers earn billions of dollars with the selling of scary stuff.
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.c
om
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
ww
w.te
ach
ingenglish
byfra
n.b
logsp
ot.c
om
For more ideas for your English lessons.
WWW.TEACHINGENGLISHBYFRAN.BLOGSPOT.COM