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Facts of
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Halloween
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Halloween actually has its origins in the Catholic
Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1st,
All Hallows Day (or All Saints Day) is a Catholic
day of observance in honor of saints.
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In Mexico, they celebrate El Dia de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead starting the
evening of October 31st.
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The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840s
by Irish immigrants fleeing their country’s
potato famine.
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On November 2nd, All Souls Day, early
Christians would walk from village to village
begging for “soul cakes.” This is one origin of trick-or-
treating.
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The Celtic festival of Samhain is the basis for Halloween. Samhain, All Hallowtide, the feast of the dead in Pagan and
Christian times, signalizing the close of
harvest and the initiation of the winter season.
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The day itself did not grow out of evil
practices. It grew out of the rituals of the Celts
celebrating a new year, and out of Medieval
prayer rituals of Europeans.
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In the 1800’s, people started to have
Halloween parties. Part of the celebrations included costumes, fortune telling, and
games such as bobbing for apples.
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At the turn of the century, cities were overcrowded
and Halloween marked the time to let off steam by
playing practical jokes. By the 1930’s, things had gotten out of hand and
serious damage was being done on Halloween. Trick or treating was promoted as
an alternative to vandalism.
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The Celts believed the souls of the dead visited the earth every October
31st.
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OtherNames
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All Hallows Eve
SamhainAll Hallowtide
The Feast of the Dead
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The Legend of the Jack-O-Lantern
A man named Jack, who was notorious as a drunkard and a trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of the cross into the tree’s trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree.
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According to the folk tale, after Jack died, he was denied entrance to heaven because of his evil ways, but he was also denied access to hell because he had tricked the devil. Instead, the devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness. The ember was placed inside a hollowed out turnip to keep it glowing longer.
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The Irish used turnips as their “Jack’s lanterns”
originally. But when the immigrants came to America, they found
pumpkins were far more plentiful than turnips.
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The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the
spirit world to intermingle with the
living.
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A cup of candy corn has fewer calories
than a cup of raisins.
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"Phasmophobia" is the fear of
ghosts. "Samhainophobia" is the morbid fear
of Halloween.
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festivities, as do 67 percent of adults.
Eighty-two percent of children take part in Halloween
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This bulletin board has been submitted by:
Darcy Klasna,
Resident Assistant,
Montana State University