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AN "IRISH" HALLOWEEN

HALLOWEEN which is celebrated on October 31 in many parts of the world got it 's start thousands of years ago by the Celts. Long ago the Celts celebrated Samhain "the Feast of the Dead" whe n the dead revisited the mortal world and it was the end of Summer. This took place in what is now the present "Ireland." The BONFIRE represented the end of summer. The Celts would gather together and light huge fires to ward off bad fortune for the coming year. It was believed that the bonfire encouraged dreams especially of a future husband or wife. Halloween costumes originated when the community of Celtics would gather around the bonfire dressed in animal skins and heads. If the spirits were wandering the earth and bumped into a living Celt they though that the living Celt was a spirit too and let them go free. The "Jack-o-Lantern" originated from an Irish myth about a man named "Stingy Jack." The "Jack-o-Lantern" was first car