The origin of Halloween can be traced to Samhain which was an ancient Celtic festival that was celebrated
to mark the end of the harvest time and the beginning of the new year.
The ancient Celts believed that the veil between the world's of the living and the dead was at its
thinnest during Samhain, making it a good time to communicate with the deceased and to divine the
future, Samhain is "Gaelic" for "summer's end", a day to bid good bye to warmth and light as Theon day
shortens time.
Following the Roman Empire's rule over the Celt occupied lands in the 1st century A.D, the Romans
incorporated many Celtic traditions, including Samhain, with their own.
Eight hundred years later, the Roman Catholic Church further modified Samhain, designating
November 1 as All Saint's Day, in honour of all Catholic saints, this day was formerly known as
Allhallowmas, hallow meaning to sanctify, or make it holy.
All Saint's Day is known in England as All Hallow's Day.
The evening before, October 31st, is known as All Hallow's Eve, the origin of the American
word Halloween!
In Later years the Irish used hollowed-out, candlelit turnips carved with a Devil's face to
frighten away spirits.
When Irish immigrants in the the 1840's found few turnips in the United States, they used
the more plentiful pumpkins instead.
Danse Macabre" The Halloween Dance
Camille Saint-Sae'n
Halloween 2016 is the 1st time in 666 years , Halloween falls on a Friday the 13th....
This 'spoof' information has been on the Internet a few times...Is this true..
For the people who were wondering if it's really been 666 years since Halloween last fell
on a Friday the 13th, it's pointed out that the mid-autumnal celebration we know as Halloween
does not got back nearly that far, ie, to the year 1348, The word Halloween, or Halow'en,
itself originated in the mid 18th century and the first appearance of the term "All Hallow's
Eve" from the word Halloween was derived, date only to the mid 16th century.
Also none of the harvest festivals or other observances typically cited as precursors of
the modern Halloween, such as the Celtic festival of Samhain, the Welsh, Nos Galan Gaeaf,
or the Christian holiday All Saints Day, is known to have ever been specifically or regularly
observed on October 13. These events have, as far as we know, long been associated with
Oct, 31-Nov. 1 timeframe, not a mid-October date.
This "joke' that plays on the idea of the reader's failing to make the connection that a
holiday observed on a fixed date of October 31st could not possibly have fallen on the
13th day of the month, Friday or otherwise.
The mention of '666' years' since the last supposed occurrence of that phenomenon is a
reference to the number famously cited as the "Number of the Beast" described in the New
Testament's Book of Revelation, and of course the selection of Friday the 13th is a nod to
the calendar date traditionally considered to be an especially unlucky one in western
superstition.
The biggest giveaway to the nature of this the fact in October 2016, the 13th day of the month
falls on a Thursday, not a Friday. While Halloween itself takes place on the Monday,
in the cold blustery night..
Screams and shouts about, childlike creatures rush about
tapping on door after door,
trick or treat shouted in innocent glee.
Big smiles once sweets are spotted,
But all is nor what it seems to be ..
as the night darkens,the wind whips up..and
hungry souls roam the skies in a night when strange
things take flight..then the stillness, quiet,no sound..just
tick tock
midnight chimes
it's time ...
The Screams of the real Halloween night!!
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