Halloween History
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Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain'Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me!' If you have seen the movie Pirates of the Caribbean, you'll remember this song!
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(pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter. "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of
All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints
Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New ear.
Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth.