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Essay Archive - Halloween
Halloween
The Celtic people of Ireland celebrated a festival called Samhain,
which means the end of summer. During this time crops were harvested and
animals were slaughtered to prepare for the long, cold winter. The Celtics
belived that the worlds between the dead and the living could communicate
because the air was the thinnest during this time. So October 31 was known
as The eve of all Hallows, Hallows even, and eventually Halloween.
There are many stories that explain how the traditions of Halloween
were formed, so no one knows exactly how Halloween came....
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