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History and Customs of Halloween
Halloween is celebrated annually. But just how and when did this peculiar custom originate? Is it, as some claim, a kind of demon worship? Or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual?
The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New year.
One story says that, on that day, the disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be their only hope for the afterlife. The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living.
Naturally, the still-living did not want to be possessed. So on the night of October 31, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes, to make them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of ghoulish costumes and noisily paraded around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies to possess.
Probably a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach.
The Romans adopted the Celtic practices as their own. But in the first century AD, they abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies.
The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by Irish immigrants fleeing their country's potato famine.
The custom of trick-or-treating is thought to have originated not with the Irish Celts, but with a ninth-century European custom called souling. On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes," made out of square pieces of bread with currants. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven.
Reading Comprehension Questions:
- Where does the word “Halloween” have its origin?
- When does summer officially end in Celtic Ireland?
- How was the Celtic new year called?
- According to the story, what did the disembodied spirits do?
- Regarding laws of space and time, what happened on October 31st in the Celtic culture?
- What did Celtic villagers do on October 31st?
- Why did Celts dress up with ghoulish costumes?
- What is a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires on October 31st?
- Who abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies?
- Who brought the custom of Halloween to America in the 1840's?
- Why did Irish people go to America?
- How was the custom of trick-or-treating originated?
- What are “soul cakes”?
- What did early Christians do on November 2?
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1. Where does the word “Halloween” have its origin?
ResponderEliminarThe word “Halloween” has its origin in the Chatolic Church.
2. When does summer officially end in Celtic Ireland?
In Celtic Ireland, summer officially ends on October 31.
3. How was the Celtic new year called?
The Celtic new year was called Samhain (sow-en).
4. According to the story, what did the disembodied spirits do?
The disembodied spirits came back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year.
5. Regarding laws of space and time, what happened on October 31st in the Celtic culture?
On October 31st, in the Celtic Culture believed that laws of space and time were suspended during this time.
6. What did Celtic villagers do on October 31st?
On October 31st, Celtic villagers extinguished the fires in their homes, to make them cold and undesirable and thus ward off the spirits.
7. Why did Celts dress up with ghoulish costumes?
Celts dressed up with ghoulish costumes in order to scare the spirits that came to possess their bodies.
8. What is a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires on October 31st?
Probably a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach.
9. Who abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies?
Romans abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies.
10. Who brought the custom of Halloween to America in the 1840's?
The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by Irish immigrants.
11. Why did Irish people go to America?
Irish people went to America because they were fleeing of their country's famine.
12. How was the custom of trick-or-treating originated?
The custom of trick-or-treating was originated with a ninth-century European custom called souling.
13. What are “soul cakes”?
“Soul cakes” are made out of square pieces of bread with currants.
14. What did early Christians do on November 2?
On November 2, early Christians walked through villages begging for soul cakes, the more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven.
1. Where does the word “Halloween” have its origin?
ResponderEliminarThe word “Halloween” has its origin in the Catholic Church and comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve.
2. When does summer officially end in Celtic Ireland?
The Celtic Ireland Summer ends on October 31 since 5th century BC
3. How was the Celtic New Year called?
The new year was called Samhain (sow-en)
4. According to the story, what did the disembodied spirits do?
The disembodied spirits who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year
5. Regarding laws of space and time, what happened on October 31st in the Celtic culture?
In that date, the Celtic culture believes that all laws of space and time were suspended during that time and it allowed a intermingled between living and spiritual world
6. What did Celtic villagers do on October 31st?
The villagers extinguished the fire in their houses in order to make the spirits felt cold and undesirable in their homes
7. Why did Celts dress up with ghoulish costumes?
The Celts dress up with ghoulish costumes and they walked doing all sort of fearful noises around the neighborhood in order to frighten away spirits that were looking for bodies to possess
8. What is a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires on October 31st?
According to the story, a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach.
9. Who abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies?
The Romans were the people who abandoned their practice of sacrificing humans in favor to burning effigies
10. Who brought the custom of Halloween to America in the 1840's? In addition, why these people go to America?
Exactly, Irish immigrants fleeing their country’s potato famine brought the custom of Halloween to America in the 1840
11. How was the custom of trick-or-treating originated?
The custom of trick-or-treating was originated not with the Irish Celtic culture but was with a ninth-century European custom called souling.
12. What are “soul cakes”?
Soul cakes were a kind of dessert made out of square pieces of bread with currants.
13. What did early Christians do on November 2?
All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for soul cakes. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven.
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ResponderEliminarResponding to questions
1R/“Halloween”has its origin in the Chatolic Church
2R/in Celtic Ireland summer officially ended on October 31
3R/to the celtic the new year was called Samhain (sow-en)
4R/The disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year.
5R/On October 31st the Celtic culture believed that all laws of space and time were were suspended during this time.
6R/On October 31st in the villagers extinguished the fire in their houses in order to make the spirits felt cold and undesirable in their homes.
7R/because they want to scare the spirits who want to own them.
8R/The better explanation could be that the Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach.
9R/The Romans were the people to adopted the celtic culture but in the first century AD they abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies
10R/The custom of halloween brought for Irish immigrants fleeing their country’s potato famine
11R/The custom of trick-or-treating was originated with a ninth-century European custom called souling
12R/Soul cakes are a kind of cake made out of square pieces of bread with currants
13R/On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes," made out of square pieces of bread with currants. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors.
1. Where does the word “Halloween” have its origin?
ResponderEliminarHalloween has its origins in the Catholic Church.Halloween comes from of All Hallows Eve.
2. When does summer officially end in Celtic Ireland?
On October 31.
3. How was the Celtic new year called?
The celtic new year was called Samhain.
4. what did the disembodied spirits do?
The spirits of the died people came back to this dimension searching bodies to possess for an afterlife.
5. what happened on October 31st in the Celtic culture?
The spirit world intermingle with the living world.
6. What did Celtic villagers do on October 31st?
Villagers did different things like dress up with ghoulish costumes and paraded around the neighborhood.
7. Why did Celts dress up with ghoulish costumes?
The objective was to frighten away te sprits
8. What is a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires on October 31st?
The Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source
9. Who abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies?
The Romans
10. Who brought the custom of Halloween to America in the 1840's?
Irish immigrants
11. Why did Irish people go to America?
They were fleeing of their country's potato famine
12. How was the custom of trick-or-treating originated?
with a ninth-century European custom called souling
13. What are “soul cakes”?
Soul Cakes are cakes (hahaha) made out of square pieces of bread with currants.
14. What did early Christians do on November 2?
They walk from village to village begging for soul cakes. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. It was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven.
1. Where does the word “Halloween” have its origin?
ResponderEliminarThe word "Halloween" has origin in the Catholic Church; this word comes of the sentence All Hallows Eve.
2. When does summer officially end in Celtic Ireland?
The summer officially ends in Celtic Ireland on October 31
3. How was the Celtic New Year called?
The Celtic new year was called Samhain (sow-en).
4. According to the story, what did the disembodied spirits do?
The disembodied spirits that had died in the preceding year, came back to the community in order to possess living bodies for next year.
5. Regarding laws of space and time, what happened on October 31st in the Celtic culture?
The Celtic culture believed all laws of space and time were suspended on October 31, in this way in that moment existed a connection between the spirit world and the living world.
6. What did Celtic villagers do on October 31st?
On October 31, the villagers extinguished the fires in their houses, in this way their houses were cold and the spirits didn't go inside to their homes.
7. Why did Celts dress up with ghoulish costumes?
The villagers wore horrible and ghoulish costumes in the streets to frighten away the spirits that came back for possess living bodies.
8. What is a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires on October 31st?
The Celts extinguished their fires in order to all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach.
9. Who abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies?
The Romans abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies in the first century AD.
10. Who brought the custom of Halloween to America in the 1840's?
In the 1840's the Irish immigrants brought to America the custom of Halloween.
11. Why did Irish people go to America?
The Irish immigrated to America fleeing their country's potato famine.
12. How was the custom of trick-or-treating originated?
The custom of trick-or-treating was originated with a ninth-century European custom called souling.
13. What are “soul cakes”?
The soul cakes are cakes made out of square pieces of bread with currants.
14. What did early Christians do on November 2?
Early Christians on November 2, all Souls Day , would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes". The beggars would promise to pray for the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven.
1. Where does the word “Halloween” have its origin?
ResponderEliminarThe word, "Halloween," has its origins in the Catholic Church.
2. When does summer officially end in Celtic Ireland?
In the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31.
3. How was the Celtic new year called?
The Celtic New year was called Samhain (sow-en).
4. According to the story, what did the disembodied spirits do?
The disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year.
5. Regarding laws of space and time, what happened on October 31st in the Celtic culture?
The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living.
6. What did Celtic villagers do on October 31st?
The night of October 31, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes, to make them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of ghoulish costumes and noisily paraded around the neighborhood.
7. Why did Celts dress up with ghoulish costumes?
In order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies to possess.
8. What is a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires on October 31st?
Probably a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach.
9. Who abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies?
The Romans adopted the Celtic practices as their own. But in the first century AD, they abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies.
10. Who brought the custom of Halloween to America in the 1840's?
The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by Irish immigrants
11. Why did Irish people go to America?
Irish immigrants fleeing their country's potato famine.
12. How was the custom of trick-or-treating originated?
The custom of trick-or-treating is thought to have originated not with the Irish Celts, but with a ninth-century European custom called souling.
13. What are “soul cakes”?
Soul cakes are made out of square pieces of bread with currants.
14. What did early Christians do on November 2?
On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for soul cakes, the more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors.
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ResponderEliminarSolution.
Where does the word “Halloween” have its origin?
The word “Halloween” has its origin in the Chatolic Church.
When does summer officially end in Celtic Ireland?
Summer in Gaelic Ireland officially ends on October 31.
How was the Celtic new year called?
The Celtic new year was called Samhain (sow-en).
According to the story, what did the disembodied spirits do?
Disembodied spirits return in search of living bodies to possess for the next year.
Regarding laws of space and time, what happened on October 31st in the Celtic culture?
On October 31, in Celtic culture they believed that the laws of space and time were suspended during this time.
What did Celtic villagers do on October 31st?
On October 31, the Celts extinguished the fires people in their homes, so it was cold I have undesirable and thus ward off spirits.
Why did Celts dress up with ghoulish costumes?
The Celts who dress in ghoulish costumes is in order to scare the spirits that come to possess their bodies.
What is a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires on October 31st?
Probably a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished the fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but that all the Celtic tribes could light their fires from a common source, the fire that was kept burning in the East of Ireland in Usinach .
Who abandoned any practice of sacrificing of humans in favor of burning effigies?
The Romans abandoned the practice of human sacrifice.
Who brought the custom of Halloween to America in the 1840's?
The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by Irish immigrants.
Why did Irish people go to America?
Irish people went to America because they were fleeing of their country's famine.
How was the custom of trick-or-treating originated?
The custom of trick-or-treating was originated with a ninth-century European custom called souling.
What are “soul cakes”?
“Soul cakes” are made out of square pieces of bread with currants.
What did early Christians do on November 2?
On November 2, the early Christians walked through villages asking for soul cakes, soul cakes the beggars would receive them and more prayers on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At that time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven.
1) It comes from contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. Has its origins in the Catholic Church.
ResponderEliminar2) Summer officially ends in Celtic Ireland on October 31
3) The holiday was called Samhain
4) The spirits return in search of bodies.
5) All laws of space and time stops thus allowing the spirits return to the world of the living
6) On October 31st in the villagers extinguished the fire in their houses in order to make the spirits felt cold and undesirable in their homes.
7) To ward off spirits
8) The better explanation could be that the Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach.
9) The Romans
10) Irish immigrants
11) Irish immigrants fleeing their country's potato famine.
12) The custom of trick-or-treating was originated with a ninth-century European custom called souling.
13) Soul cakes” are made out of square pieces of bread with currants.
14) On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes," The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors.
1. The word Halloween comes from a contracted corruption of All Halllows Eve.
ResponderEliminar2. In Celtic Ireland the summer ended on October 31.
3. The Celtic New Year was called Samhain.
4. The disembodied spirits came back looking for living bodies in order to possess them
5. According to Celtic Culture, on October 31, the laws of space and time were suspended during this day.
6. On October 31, villagers extinguished the fires of their homes.
7. They used ghoulish costumes to seem to be as bad as possible in order to frighten ghosts,
8. A better explanation is that they extinguished their fires to relight them with the other tribes, from a common source.
9. The Romans were those who abandoned that practice.
10. The custom of Halloween was brought to America by the Irish.
11. Because they were passing throughout a potato famine in Ireland
12. Trick-or-treating comes from a ninth-century European custom called souling.
13. The soul cakes were made out of square pieces of bread with currants.
14. On November 2, early Christians walked from village to village begging for soul cakes