Origin of Halloween
Halloween traditions actually come from 16th-century Ireland, Scotland and England.
The tradition of Halloween on 31 October comes from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. Samhain was the Celtic New Year and they celebrated it on 1 November because that was the end of summer and harvest time (life) and the beginning of winter (death). It was also the time for ghosts to return to earth for a day. People lit a big fire, wore special clothes made of animal skin and hoped to be safe from the ghosts and the winter. In AD 609, the Catholic Church put the Christian celebration of All Saints Day on 1 November. In AD 1000, the church added All Souls Day on 2 November, and All Hallows Eve – or Halloween – moved to the night of the 31st.
Vocabulary
Learn all the important words related to Halloween
1. bats
2. black cat
3. broom
4. candy
5. cauldron
6. costume
7. death
8. dracula
9. frankenstein
10. ghost
11. haunted house
12. jack o lantern
13. pumpkins
14. skeleton
15. spider
16. trick or treat
17. witch
18. witch hat
19. coffin
20. vampire
21. gravestone
22. mummy
23. monster
24. zombie
25. grim reaper
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