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发帖数: 16092 | 1 Halloween was a popular pagan festival of the dead (Samhain). The ancient
Celts celebrated the new year on November 1. They believed that the souls of
the dead returned to Earth the night before.
Samhain is Gaelic for “summer’s end,” a day to bid good-bye to warmth and
light as day length shortens.
In an attempt to replace this festival, the church moved the celebration of
All Saints to November 1. This is the day when all of the saints are honored
, especially those who did not have a day of their own. This day was
formerly known as Allhallowmas, hallow meaning "holy" or "holy person." All
Saints Day is known in England as All Hallows Day.
The evening before, October 31, is known as All Hallows Eve, the origin of
the American word Halloween!
In later years, the Irish used hollowed-out, candlelit turnips carved with a
demon’s face to frighten away the spirits. When Irish immigrants in the
1840s found few turnips in the United States, they used the more plentiful
pumpkins instead. | k**********4
发帖数: 16092 | 2 Samhain/Halloween almost always had ties to the "other world". Celtic tribes
often believed that elves or faery folk could emerge from their world on
Samhain more so than they could on many other days of the year, and that
they could cause both good luck and misfortune. Some were believed to help
the living in divining the future, and some were believed to steal away
children or cause a future death.
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【在 k**********4 的大作中提到】
: Halloween was a popular pagan festival of the dead (Samhain). The ancient
: Celts celebrated the new year on November 1. They believed that the souls of
: the dead returned to Earth the night before.
: Samhain is Gaelic for “summer’s end,” a day to bid good-bye to warmth and
: light as day length shortens.
: In an attempt to replace this festival, the church moved the celebration of
: All Saints to November 1. This is the day when all of the saints are honored
: , especially those who did not have a day of their own. This day was
: formerly known as Allhallowmas, hallow meaning "holy" or "holy person." All
: Saints Day is known in England as All Hallows Day.
| D****2
发帖数: 2656 | 3 My kids are asked to bring Halloween jokes to class tomorrow, here are what
I found from the Internet:
Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
He didn't have any guts!
Why did the skeleton cross the road?
To get to the body shop! | k**********4
发帖数: 16092 | 4 not bad, Debby, here is one more:
Why didn't the skeleton have sex?
He didn't have any pinis!
what
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: My kids are asked to bring Halloween jokes to class tomorrow, here are what
: I found from the Internet:
: Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
: He didn't have any guts!
: Why did the skeleton cross the road?
: To get to the body shop!
| D****2
发帖数: 2656 | 5 Haha! But that's not school-appropriate!
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: not bad, Debby, here is one more:
: Why didn't the skeleton have sex?
: He didn't have any pinis!
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: what
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