The tradition of dressing in costume for
Halloween has both European and
Celtic roots. Hundreds of years ago,
winter was an uncertain and frightening
time. Food supplies often ran low and, for
the many people afraid of the dark, the
short days of winter were full of constant
worry. On Halloween, when it was
believed that ghosts came back to the
earthly world, people thought that they
would encounter ghosts if they left their
homes. To avoid being recognized by
these ghosts, people would wear masks
when they left their homes after dark so
that the ghosts would mistake them for
fellow spirits. On Halloween, to keep
ghosts away from their houses, people
would place bowls of food outside their
homes to appease the ghosts and
prevent them from attempting to enter..
Halloween superstitions
- Why didn’t the
skeleton want to go to
school?
- His heart wasn’t in it.
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Halloween has always been a avoided detection by turning
holiday filled with mystery,
themselves into cats. We try not
magic and superstition. It
to walk under ladders for the
began as a Celtic end-ofsame reason. This superstition
summer festival during which
may have come from the
people felt especially close to ancient Egyptians, who believed
deceased relatives and
that triangles were sacred; it also
friends. For these friendly spirits, may have something to do with
they set places at the dinner
the fact that walking und