JUSTIN, EMMA, AND KELLY 1/6/11

 People were afraid when plants started dying  Evil powers brought the dead out  People wore costumes to scare away the dead

 A carved out pumpkin is called a jack-o- lantern  A candle burns inside the pumpkin  The pumpkin glows in the dark

 Witches magic was tested by sorcerers with magic and medicine  Witches can tell fortunes  Witches are evil

 The color black stands for a witches cape,death, and the wiches companion the black cat  The color orange stands for pumpkins and fruits of the fall

 A waving branch or a stir in the bushes is concidered a ghost

 Barth, Edna, and Ursula Arndt. Witches, pumpkins, and grinning ghosts: the story of the Halloween symbols. New York: Clarion Books, Print.  Cooper, Paulette, and Errol Cain. Let's find out