A brief history of Halloween

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HALLOWEEN
OCTOBER 31ST

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Summer’s
end
SAMHAIM

3. THE CELTS
 Druid priests tried to foretell
whether their villages would survive
to the winter.
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 Ordinary Celts lit bonfires and
disguised themselves to repel the
spirits

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Bobbing for apples
THE ROMANS
Pomona


5. POPE GREGORY III (731-741)
 “All Hallows day”, a day to honour all
saints
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6. THE IRISH
 A potato famine drew over a million of
starving Irish into American harbours.
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JACK O’LANTERN

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JACK OF THE LANTERN

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TRICK OR TREAT/ HALLOWMAS

10. NOWADAYS USA
 People go to parties and
disguise themselves in scary
costumes
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 Retailers earn billions of
dollars with the selling of
scary stuff.

11. FOOD
Some ideas for a spine-chilling
evening:
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 Bloody eyes
 Mummy pizzas
 Spooky witches fingers
 Cheese bats
 Candy corn
 Some more ideas on
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12.  For more ideas for your English lessons.
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