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October 2017 - Volume XV, Issue 10
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“Little Known Halloween Facts”
Our word Halloween is derived from the old words ALL HALLOWS because it was
the eve of All Hallows Day (1 November). Hallow is an old word for saint and
today we call 1 November All Saints Day.
Celtic harvest. An ancient Celtic festival planted the seed for what we now call
Halloween. The Celts celebrated the end of the harvest and the start of the long
winter with a festival, called Samhain. The festival was celebrated on Oct. 31, the
day the Celts believed the boundary between the living and the dead was at its
weakest.
Bobbing for apples. After the Romans took over Celtic land in AD 43 a few new
traditions were tacked onto the Celtic celebration. One such celebration honored
the Roman goddess Pomona, the goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol for
Pomona — an apple — is seen in present day Halloween celebrations in the
tradition of bobbing for apples.
Meet Jack, the lantern. The tradition of pumpkin carving began in Ireland with
the legend of Stingy Jack. As the fable goes, Jack made a habit of playing tricks
on the devil. Once Jack died, God did not allow him into heaven, nor did the devil
allow Jack into hell. Instead he was banished to live in eternal night. For his
punishment, the devil gave Jack an ember to light his way. The legend claims
Jack placed the ember in a hollowed out turnip, the predecessor for a carved
pumpkin.
Two cool websites to
visit this month:
MUBI.com
On the topic of movies, if you are
someone who is overwhelmed by
the sheer number of movies in any
catalog, and cannot decide what to
watch, this one if for you. The
website only hosts 30 movies at a
time, with a single movie added
and removed daily. This gives you a
highly curated and small list of the
Carving pumpkins. The use of pumpkins as Jack-o’-lanterns didn’t begin until
the 1800s. Upon their arrival to the United States, Irish immigrants discovered
pumpkins were much easier to carve than turnips.
option you can easily choose from.
From the day of the upload, a
movie remains on the website for
Pranks. In the 18th century in Ireland Halloween became a day for playing
pranks like blocking doors with carts, removing gates, throwing vegetables at
doors and covering chimneys with turf. Note that there is no connection between
the playing of pranks at that time and the modern Halloween custom of 'trick or
treat'. The pranks and mischief making was done by adults and without knocking
on your door to demand a 'treat' and carrying out a 'trick' if you did not give
something.
Trick or Treat. The custom of children playing trick or treat at Halloween seems
to have begun in the USA in the early 20th century although it only became really
popular in the mid-20th century.
30 days essentially giving you the
same time to watch that movie
before it is removed. A great little
website, a movie lover should surely
visit.
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