Halloween

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Halloween

Celtic festival of Samhain.The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago

in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future.

back to the early All Souls' Day parades in England.

During the festivities, poor citizens would beg for food and families would give them pastries called "soul cakes" in return for their promise to pray for the family's dead relatives.
The tradition of dressing in costume for Halloween has both European and Celtic roots. Hundreds of years ago, winter was an uncertain and frightening time. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits. On Halloween, to keep ghosts away from their houses, people would place bowls of food outside their homes.

name a hazelnut for each of her suitors and then

toss the nuts into the fireplace. The nut that burned to ashes rather than popping or exploding, the story went, represented the girl's future husband.
Another tale had it that if a young woman ate a sugary concoction made out of walnuts, hazelnuts and nutmeg before bed on Halloween night she would dream about her future husband.
Young women tossed apple-peels over their shoulders, hoping that the peels would fall on the floor in the shape of their future husbands' initials; and stood in front of mirrors in darkened rooms, holding candles and looking over their shoulders for their husbands' faces.

on a pumpkin, put there a candle, turning a usual

pumpkin into jack-o-lantern. It is very ancient Irish custom. The legend tells that there lived the person by name of Jack who was very avaricious. Therefore, when he died, it didn't get on heavens. As it didn't start up and to a devil. As a result, Jack has been compelled to go on the ground with the pumpkin till the Doomsday. Irish began to cut out terrible faces on turnip, a beet, a potato and a pumpkin, representing jack-o-lantern.

harvest, candy apples , caramel or taffy apples are common Halloween treats

made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup.
At one time, candy apples were commonly given to children, but the practice rapidly waned in the wake of widespread rumors that some individuals were embedding items like pins and razor blades in the apples in the United States.
One custom that persists in modern-day Ireland is the baking of a barmbrack which is a light fruitcake, into which a plain ring, a coin and other charms are placed before baking.

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to see something 2)______________? Come with us and you will see This,

our town of Halloween This is Halloween, this is Halloween 3)__________________ scream in the dead of night This is Halloween, 4)_____________ make a scene 5)______________________ till the neighbors gonna die of fright It's our town, everybody scream In this town of Halloween I am the one hiding under your bed Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red I am the one hiding under yours stairs Fingers like 6)____________ and 7) ______________ in my hair This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

every age

strange

pumpkins

everybody

Trick or treat

snakes

spiders

this town, don't we love it now? Everybody's waiting for the

next 9)____________________ Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll... Scream! This is Halloween Red 'n' black, slimy green Aren't you 10)___________________? Well, that's just fine Say it once, say it twice Take a chance and roll the dice
Ride with the moon in the 11)_______________ Everybody scream! Everybody scream! In our town of Halloween! I am the 12)__________ with the tear-away face

pumpkin song

surprise

scared

dead of night

clown

the "who" when you call, "Who's there?" I am the wind blowing

through your hair I am the 13)____________ on the moonlit night Filling your 14)____________ to the brim with fright This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Tender lumpings everywhere Life's no fun without a 15)_____________________ That's our job, but we're not mean In our town of Halloween
In this town Don't we love it now? Everyone’s waiting for the next surprise

shadow

dreams

good scare

a banshee Make you jump out of your skin This is Halloween,

everybody scream Won’t ya please make way for a very 17)_________________ Our man jack is King of the Pumpkin patch Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! In this town we call home Everyone hail to the pumpkin song La lala la, la la la la...

Skeleton

special guy

wolf
9. ___________ or Treat!
10. Disguise
11. Night flying mammals
12. A house

where ghosts live is considered _________________

Across

Down

1. Dracula is one of these

2. Scary creatures, or __________, Inc.

3. Carved pumpkin

6. Web creator

7. Halloween month

8. Stirs potions in a cauldron

11. Ghostly talk

February 14th
c) October 31th
2. What colours are associated with Halloween?

a) red and green

b) yellow and blue

c) orange and black

3. Who can walk through walls?

a) witches

b) goblins

c) ghosts

4. What is worn to keep vampires away?

a) garlic

b) onion

c) pepper

moon
b) after midnight
c) on a Halloween night
6. What does a

witch use for transport?

a) a hat

b) a motorbike

c) a broomstick

7.What would you call a group of witches?

coven

b) gang

c) mob