Halloween Traditions and customs

From the history October 31st was the eve of the Celtic new year. On this day, ghosts walked and mingled with the living, or so the Celts thought. The townspeople baked food all that day, and when night fell, they dressed up and tried to resemble the souls of the dead. Hoping that the ghosts would leave peacefully before midnight of the new year, the people carried the food to the edge of town and left it for them.

Nowadays Today, school dances and neighborhood parties called block parties are popular among young and old alike. More and more adults celebrate Halloween. They dress up like historical or political figures and go to masquerade parties.

Jack-o’lantern Carving pumpkins into jack-o'- lanterns is a Halloween custom also dating back to Ireland. A legend grew up about a man named Jack who was so stingy that he was not allowed into heaven when he died. His spirit was doomed to wander around the countryside, holding a lantern to light his way.

In this night in victim brought the animal, did the predictions and lighted;lit the winter centre, bringing in houses lug holy flame. The Tradition of the celebration was sent from age in age until in I in. our eras romans have not conquered the territory a celt.

Games Bobbing or Ducking for apples is one that is still very well known. It requires a tub filled with water, with apples floating in it. The players, with their hands tied behind their backs, kneel in front of the tub and try to grasp an apple with their teeth. Sometimes this is done with nuts or a silver coin instead of apples. Another form of Bob Apple is to suspend an apple from a beam or a cord stretched across the room, and for the player to attempt to bite it as it swings. Here he does not get wet, but he is liable to be hit in the face by a hard apple on the return swing if he does not succeed in getting his teeth into it

The Night on 1 November, when on legends was opened border between the world alive and dead was referred to as Samheyn or Samayn, was considered main by holiday ancient folk. The Pagans celts added him big importance and to not to become mining a shade dead dressed up in beast heads and skins, extinguished the centres in their own house and all its frightenning type scared away the ghosts.